English dictionary
scare
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a sudden attack of fear
noun
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
verb
- cause fear in
verb
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
Example sentences
panic in the stock market
a war scare
a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Ghosts could never affright her
dashed by the refusal