Overview of noun scare

The noun scare has 2 senses

• panic, scare -- (sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building")


• scare, panic attack -- (a sudden attack of fear)

Overview of verb scare

The verb scare has 2 senses

• frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")


• daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare -- (cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")