English

Detailed Synonyms for scare in English

scare:

to scare verb (scares, scared, scaring)

  1. to scare
    to deter; to scare
    • deter verb (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • scare verb (scares, scared, scaring)
  2. to scare
    to frighten; to scare; to make frightened
    • frighten verb (frightens, frightened, frightening)
    • scare verb (scares, scared, scaring)
    • make frightened verb (makes frightened, made frightened, making frightened)
  3. to scare
    – cause fear in 1
    to scare; fright; to frighten; affright
    – cause fear in 1
    • scare verb (scares, scared, scaring)
    • fright verb
    • frighten verb (frightens, frightened, frightening)
      • The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me1
    • affright verb
      • Ghosts could never affright her1
  4. to scare
    – cause to lose courage 1
    to dash; to scare; pall; scare off; to frighten off; to frighten away; daunt; scare away
    – cause to lose courage 1

Conjugations for scare:

present
  1. scare
  2. scare
  3. scares
  4. scare
  5. scare
  6. scare
simple past
  1. scared
  2. scared
  3. scared
  4. scared
  5. scared
  6. scared
present perfect
  1. have scared
  2. have scared
  3. has scared
  4. have scared
  5. have scared
  6. have scared
past continuous
  1. was scaring
  2. were scaring
  3. was scaring
  4. were scaring
  5. were scaring
  6. were scaring
future
  1. shall scare
  2. will scare
  3. will scare
  4. shall scare
  5. will scare
  6. will scare
continuous present
  1. am scaring
  2. are scaring
  3. is scaring
  4. are scaring
  5. are scaring
  6. are scaring
subjunctive
  1. be scared
  2. be scared
  3. be scared
  4. be scared
  5. be scared
  6. be scared
diverse
  1. scare!
  2. let's scare!
  3. scared
  4. scaring
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

scare [the ~] noun

  1. the scare
    – a sudden attack of fear 1
    the scare; the panic attack
    – a sudden attack of fear 1
  2. the scare
    – sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events 1
    the scare; the panic
    – sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events 1
    • scare [the ~] noun
      • a war scare1
      • a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building1
    • panic [the ~] noun
      • panic in the stock market1

Alternate Synonyms for "scare":


Related Definitions for "scare":

  1. a sudden attack of fear1
  2. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events1
    • a war scare1
    • a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building1
  3. cause fear in1
  4. cause to lose courage1

Related Synonyms for scare