scare
11scare — ► VERB 1) cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten. 2) (scare away/off) drive or keep (someone) away by fear. 3) become frightened. ► NOUN 1) a sudden attack of fright. 2) a period of general anxiety or alarm about something …
12scare — index browbeat, discourage, fear, fright, frighten, intimidate, menace, start, trepidation …
13scare up — scare out of its hiding place …
14scare — vb alarm, *frighten, fright, terrify, terrorize, startle, affray, affright Analogous words: daunt, appall, *dismay: *intimidate, cow, browbeat: astound, amaze, flabbergast, astonish, *surprise Antonyms: entice …
15scare — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, nasty, terrible ▪ a major health scare ▪ food, health ▪ AIDS …
16scare — scare1 [skeə US sker] v [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: skirra, from skjarr shy, fearful ] 1.) [T] to make someone feel frightened = ↑frighten →↑afraid ▪ Loud noises can scare animals or birds. scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out… …
17scare — scare1 [ sker ] verb * transitive to make someone feel frightened or worried: I m sorry, I didn t mean to scare you. scare the life/daylights out of someone (=scare someone very much): What are you doing in there? You scared the life out of me.… …
18scare — I UK [skeə(r)] / US [sker] verb Word forms scare : present tense I/you/we/they scare he/she/it scares present participle scaring past tense scared past participle scared * a) [transitive] to make someone feel frightened or worried I m sorry, I… …
19scare — I n. (colloq.) 1) to give smb. a scare; to put, throw a scare into smb. 2) to get a scare II v. (colloq.) 1) (D; tr.) to scare into (to scare smb. into doing smt.) 2) (D; tr.) to scare out of (she scared me out of my wits) 3) (N; used with an… …
20scare — 1 verb 1 (T) to make someone feel frightened: Ignore him, he s just trying to scare us. | scare the hell/life/shit out of sb (=scare someone very much): You scared the hell out of me jumping out like that! 2 (I) to become frightened: I don t… …
