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Showing words for SCARING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Scaring

arcings, carings, racings, sacring, scaring

6 Letter Words for Scaring

arcing, arcsin, arsing, cairns, caring, casing, cigars, craigs, grains, grasni, racing, saring

5 Letter Words for Scaring

acing, acris, agric, agrin, airns, argin, cains, cairn, cangs, canis, carns, cigar, crags, craig, crain, crang, crans, gains, gairs, garni, girns, gnars, grain, grans, grias, grins, incas, incra, narcs, naric, naris, nigra, ragis, rains, rings, sarin, scarn, scian, scrag, scran, scrin, signa

4 Letter Words for Scaring

agin, agni, ains, airn, airs, anis, ansi, arcs, aris, arni, asci, asin, cain, cair, cang, cans, carn, cars, cigs, cira, crag, cran, crig, crin, cris, gain, gair, gari, garn, gars, gins, girn, gnar, gran, gras, grin, gris, inca, incr, inga, iran, nagi, nags, naig, nais, narc, nasi, ngai, ragi, rags, rain, rais, rang, rias, riga, rigs, ring, rins, risc, saic, sain, sair, sang, sari, scan, scar, sian, sign, sina, sing, snag, snar, snig, srac

3 Letter Words for Scaring

agr, ags, ain, air, ais, anc, ans, arc, arg, arn, ars, asg, cag, cai, can, car, cgs, cia, cig, cir, cis, cns, crs, csi, gan, gar, gas, gin, gis, gns, gra, grs, ign, inc, ing, ins, ira, irs, isn, nag, nar, nas, nig, nis, rag, rai, ran, ras, ria, rig, rin, rna, sac, sag, sai, san, sar, sci, scr, sic, sig, sin, sir, sri

Definitions for Scaring

[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 Scaring

scareparalyze, dismay, terrorize, intimidate, alarm, shock, startle, daunt, awe, petrify, terrify, freeze, spook, panic, affright, chill

Words nearby Scaring

scarescarce 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 Scaring

e1150–1200; (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 Scaring

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

Word origin for Scaring

eC12: from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra

Synonyms for Scaring

alarm, awe, daunt, dismay, intimidate, paralyze, petrify, shock, startle, terrify, terrorize, affright, chill, freeze, panic, spook, give a fright, give a turn, scare silly, scare stiff, scare the pants off, shake up, strike terror in