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scare

(skâr)

v. scared, scar·ing, scares

v.tr.

To strike with sudden fear; alarm. See Synonyms at frighten.

v.intr.

To become frightened: a child who scares easily.

1. A condition or sensation of sudden fear: That mask gave me a real scare.

2. A general state of alarm; a panic: a bomb scare that necessitated evacuating the building.

adj.

Serving or intended to frighten people: scare stories; scare tactics.

Phrasal Verb:

scare up Informal

To gather or prepare with considerable effort or ingenuity: managed to scare up some folding chairs for the unexpected crowd.

[Middle English skerren, scaren, from Old Norse skirra, from skjarr, timid.]

scar′er n.

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scare

(skɛə)

1. to fill or be filled with fear or alarm

2. (tr; often foll by away or off) to drive (away) by frightening

3. (tr) informal (foll by up)

a. to produce (a meal) quickly from whatever is available

b. to manage to find (something) quickly or with difficulty: brewers need to scare up more sales.

4. a sudden attack of fear or alarm

5. a period of general fear or alarm

adj

causing (needless) fear or alarm: a scare story.

[C12: from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra]

ˈscarer n

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scare

(skɛər)

v. scared, scar•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to fill, esp. suddenly, with fear; frighten.

v.i.

2. to become frightened.

3. scare up, to find or procure in spite of difficulties: Try to scare up some wood for the fire.

4. a sudden fright or alarm.

5. a time or condition of alarm or worry: a war scare.

[1150–1200; (v.) Middle English skerren < Old Norse skirra to frighten; (n.) late Middle English skere, derivative of the v.]

scar′er, n.

scare

- The shank of a golf club can be called the scare.

scare

Past participle: scared
Gerund: scaring

Imperative
scare
scare

Present
I scare
you scare
he/she/it scares
we scare
you scare
they scare

Preterite
I scared
you scared
he/she/it scared
we scared
you scared
they scared

Present Continuous
I am scaring
you are scaring
he/she/it is scaring
we are scaring
you are scaring
they are scaring

Present Perfect
I have scared
you have scared
he/she/it has scared
we have scared
you have scared
they have scared

Past Continuous
I was scaring
you were scaring
he/she/it was scaring
we were scaring
you were scaring
they were scaring

Past Perfect
I had scared
you had scared
he/she/it had scared
we had scared
you had scared
they had scared

Future
I will scare
you will scare
he/she/it will scare
we will scare
you will scare
they will scare

Future Perfect
I will have scared
you will have scared
he/she/it will have scared
we will have scared
you will have scared
they will have scared

Future Continuous
I will be scaring
you will be scaring
he/she/it will be scaring
we will be scaring
you will be scaring
they will be scaring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scaring
you have been scaring
he/she/it has been scaring
we have been scaring
you have been scaring
they have been scaring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scaring
you will have been scaring
he/she/it will have been scaring
we will have been scaring
you will have been scaring
they will have been scaring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scaring
you had been scaring
he/she/it had been scaring
we had been scaring
you had been scaring
they had been scaring

Conditional
I would scare
you would scare
he/she/it would scare
we would scare
you would scare
they would scare

Past Conditional
I would have scared
you would have scared
he/she/it would have scared
we would have scared
you would have scared
they would have scared

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Noun	1.	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" panic anxiety, anxiousness - (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic red scare - a period of general fear of communists
	2.	scare - a sudden attack of fear panic attack fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Verb	1.	scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" affright, fright, frighten bluff - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" awe - inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" terrify, terrorise, terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatly intimidate - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her" alarm, horrify, appal, appall, dismay - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" consternate - fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated" spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
	2.	scare - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, pall, dash intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats

scare

verb

1. frighten, alarm, terrify, panic, shock, startle, intimidate, dismay, daunt, terrorize, put the wind up (someone) (informal), give (someone) a fright, give (someone) a turn (informal), scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic) She's just trying to scare me.

noun

1. fright, shock, start, turn We got a bit of a scare.

2. panic, hysteria the doctor at the centre of an Aids scare

3. alert, warning, alarm a security scare over a suspect package

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scare

verb

To fill with fear:

affright, alarm, frighten, panic, scarify, startle, terrify, terrorize.

Archaic: fright.

Idioms: make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, scare silly, scare the daylights out of.

Translations

خَوْف ذُعْررُعْب، فَزَعيُرَوِّعُيُفْزِع، يُخيف

lekatleknutípanikapoděsitstrach

skræmmeforskrækkelsefrygtskræk

erschrecken Schreck Panik abschrecken

τρομάζω τρομάρα

asustar susto atemorizar espantar pánico

säikähdyssäikäyttääkauhupelästyttääpelätti

effrayer peur redouter faire peur panique

strahuplašiti

ijedelem

hræîahræîsla, skrekkurskelfing

spaventare spavento spaventoso terrore terrore della rabbia

恐怖脅威驚かす威かす怖がらせる

겁주다두려움

terrere

išgąsdintaskaliausėnubaidytipanikos kėlėjas

izbailesnobiedētpanika

laten schrikken schrik schrikken

gi en støkk sjokk skrekk skremme

nastraszyć strach

assustar susto

пугать испуг испугать напугать пугало

vystrašiť

prestrašitiprestrašiti sestrahpreplašen

skrämmapanik

ความหวาดกลัวหวาดกลัว

korkutmak panik korku

làm kinh hãisự sợ hãi

吓一跳大恐慌害怕惊吓

scare

[ˈskɛəʳ]

A. N

1. (= fright) → susto m
to cause a scare → sembrar el pánico
to give sb a scare → dar un susto or asustar a algn
what a scare you gave me! → ¡qué susto me diste!
we got a bit of a scare → nos pegamos un susto, tuvimos un sobresalto

2. (= panic, threat) bomb scare → amenaza f de bomba
the invasion scare (= panic) → el pánico de la invasión; (= rumours) → los rumores alarmistas de una invasión

B. VT

1. (= frighten) → asustar
you scared me! → ¡me has asustado!
to scare sb to death → darle un susto de muerte a algn
to scare the hell or life out of sb → darle un susto de muerte a algn
to scare sb stiff → darle un susto de muerte a algn

2. to be scared (= frightened) → tener miedo, estar asustado
don't be scared → no tengas miedo, no te asustes
we were really scared → teníamos mucho miedo, estábamos muy asustados
to be scared to do sth → tener miedo de hacer algo
she was too scared to talk → estaba demasiado asustada para poder hablar, no podía hablar del susto
to be scared to death → estar muerto de miedo
to be scared of sb/sth he's scared of women → tiene miedo a las mujeres
are you scared of him? → ¿le tienes miedo?
I'm scared of spiders → les tengo miedo a or me dan miedo las arañas
to be scared of doing sth → tener miedo de hacer algo
to be scared stiff → estar muerto de miedo
to be scared out of one's wits → estar muerto de miedo

C. VI he doesn't scare easily → no se asusta fácilmente

D. CPD scare campaign N → campaña f alarmista, campaña f de intimidación
scare story N it's only a scare story → se trata de un reportaje alarmista

scare away scare off VT + ADV → espantar, ahuyentar

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scare

[ˈskɛə^r]

(= frightening experience) → peur f
You gave me quite a scare! → Tu m'as fait une de ces peurs!

(= public panic) → vague f de panique
a food scare → une vague de panique concernant l'hygiène alimentaire
a bomb scare → une alerte à la bombe health scare

vt → effrayer, faire peur à
He scares me → Il me fait peur.
to scare sb stiff → faire une peur bleue à qn

scare away

scare off vt sep → faire fuir

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scare

n (= fright, shock) → Schreck(en) m; (= general alarm) → Panikstimmung f, → Hysterie f (→ about in Bezug auf +acc, → wegen); to give somebody a scare → jdm einen Schrecken einjagen; (= make sb jump also) → jdn erschrecken; the devaluation scare → die Abwertungshysterie; to create or cause a scare → eine Panik auslösen

vt → einen Schrecken einjagen (+dat); (= worry) → Angst machen (+dat); (= frighten physically) person, animal → erschrecken; birds → aufschrecken; to be easily scared → sehr schreckhaft sein; (= easily worried) → sich (dat) → leicht Angst machen lassen; (= timid) deer etc → sehr scheu sein; to scare somebody stiff or to death or out of his/her wits (all inf) → jdn zu Tode erschrecken (inf)

vi I don’t scare easily → ich bekomme nicht so schnell Angst

scare

scare buying

n → Angstkäufe pl

scarecrow

n (lit, fig) → Vogelscheuche f

scare

scarehead

n (US) → Sensationsschlagzeile f

scaremonger

n (esp Brit) → Panikmacher(in) m(f)

scaremongering

n (esp Brit) → Panikmache(rei) f (inf)

scare story

n → Schauergeschichte f

scare tactics

pl → Panikmache(rei) f (inf), → Verängstigungstaktik f

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scare

[ˈskɛəʳ]

1. n → spavento, paura
to cause a scare (amongst) → creare il panico (tra)
to give sb a scare → far prendere uno spavento a qn, mettere paura a qn

2. vt → spaventare, impaurire
to scare sb to death, scare sb stiff (fam) → spaventare qn a morte

scare away scare off vt + adv (dog) → mettere in fuga (fig) (subj, price) → far scappare
the price scared him away → il prezzo l'ha scoraggiato

scare

(skeə) verb

to startle or frighten. You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.

noun

1. a feeling of fear or alarm. The noise gave me a scare.

2. a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people. a smallpox scare.

scared adjective

frightened. I'm scared of spiders; a scared little girl.

ˈscarecrow noun

a figure set up eg in a field, to scare away birds and stop them eating the seeds etc.

ˈscaremonger noun

a person who spreads alarming rumours.

scare away/off

to make go away or stay away because of fear. The birds were scared away by the dog.

scare

→ ذُعْر, يُرَوِّعُ lekat, leknutí skræk, skræmme erschrecken, Schreck τρομάζω, τρομάρα espantar, susto pelästyttää, säikähdys effrayer, peur strah, uplašiti spaventare, spavento 怖がらせる, 恐怖 겁주다, 두려움 laten schrikken, schrik skrekk, skremme nastraszyć, strach assustar, susto испуг, пугать panik, skrämma ความหวาดกลัว, หวาดกลัว korkutmak, panik làm kinh hãi, sự sợ hãi 害怕

scare

v. asustar, atemorizar.

scare

n susto

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Wegg takes it easy, but upon- my-soul to a old bird like myself these are scarers. And even now that Commodious is strangled, I don't see a way to our bettering ourselves.' Mr Boffin added as he turned his pensive steps towards the Bower and shook his head, 'I didn't think this morning there was half so many Scarers in Print.

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Neighbour Kevin Hinson said it sounded "like five bird scarers going off at once.