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Definitions for Scare

[1] to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
[2] to become frightened: That horse scares easily.
[3] a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
[4] a time or condition of alarm or worry: For three months there was a war scare.
[5] scare up , Informal . to obtain with effort; find or gather: to scare up money.
[6] to fill or be filled with fear or alarm
[7] (tr; often foll by away or off) to drive (away) by frightening
[8] (tr) US and Canadian informal (foll by up) to produce (a meal) quickly from whatever is available to manage to find (something) quickly or with difficulty brewers need to scare up more sales
[9] a sudden attack of fear or alarm
[10] a period of general fear or alarm
[11] causing (needless) fear or alarm a scare story

Words related to Scare

alarm, shock, panic, paralyze, dismay, terrorize, intimidate, startle, daunt, awe, petrify, terrify, terror, start, fright, alert, freeze, spook, affright, chill

Words nearby Scare

scarce as hen's teeth, scarcely, scarcely ever, scarcement, scarcity, scare, scare out of one's wits, scare quotes, scare up, scarecrow, scaredy-cat

Origin of Scare

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English skerren < Old Norse skirra to frighten, derivative of skjarr timid, shy; (noun) late Middle English skere, derivative of the v.

Other words from Scare

scar·er , noun
scar·ing·ly , adverb
un·scared , adjective

Word origin for Scare

C12: from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra

Synonyms for Scare

alarm, panic, shock, alert, fright, start, terror