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")

Overview of adj scared

The adj scared has 1 sense

• frightened, scared -- (made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move")