scare
21scare — 1. verb stop it, you re scaring me Syn: frighten, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, intimidate, terrorize, make afraid, make fearful, fill with fear, give someone a fright, panic, throw into a panic, shock, unnerve, cow; strike terror into, put …
22scare up — transitive verb : to find by persistent effort : bring to light or get together with labor : scrape up managed to scare up enough food to fill a freight car Robert Rice scare up a light supper for unexpected guests * * * scare up 1. To beat up… …
23scare — [[t]ske͟ə(r)[/t]] scares, scaring, scared 1) VERB If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. [V n] You re scaring me... [V n] What scares me most is that I m going to end up not being married... [V n …
24scare — v 1. frighten, fright, affright, Archaic. affray, alarm, startle, shock; terrify, daunt, strike terror into, terrorize, appall, horrify, dismay; put the fear of God into, intimidate, awe, Sl. psych out, cow, threaten, menace; Sl. scare the… …
25scare — v. & n. v. 1 tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. by of, or to + infin.) frightened; terrified (scared of his own shadow). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by away, off, up, etc.) drive away by frightening.… …
26scare — [skeə] verb I 1) [T] to make someone feel frightened I m sorry, I didn t mean to scare you.[/ex] 2) [I] to become frightened • scare sb away II noun [C] scare [skeə] 1) a situation that makes people suddenly feel frightened or worried about… …
27scare — scarer, n. scaringly, adv. /skair/, v., scared, scaring, n. v.t. 1. to fill, esp. suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm. v.i. 2. to become frightened: That horse scares easily. 3. scare up, Informal. to obtain with effort; find or gather …
28scare — 1. noun a) A minor fright Johnny had a bad scare last night. b) A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread. JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country. Syn: fright …
29scare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. frighten, alarm. See fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fright, terror, alarm; see fear 1 . v. Syn. panic, terrify, alarm; see frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at frighten . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …
30scare — 01. My son is [scared] of the dark, so he sleeps with a light on. 02. She has been really [scared] of bees ever since she got stung. 03. He fell out of the tree, and got a bad [scare], but luckily he didn t break anything. 04. The children had… …
