scare

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UK /skɛə/ US /skɛɚ/

noun 3verb 2adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

major, terrible

The terrible scare last night made everyone in the neighborhood lock their doors.

minor | bomb | food, health | Aids, BSE, etc.

VERB + SCARE

cause

give sb

When the car suddenly stopped in front of us, it gave everyone quite a scare.

get, have

SCARE + NOUN

story, tactics

The horror movie told a scare story that kept us awake all night.

PREP

~ about/over

There was a big scare about the safety of the new children's toy last month.

PHRASES

a bit of a/quite a scare

My daughter gave me quite a scare when she didn't come home after school.

(verb.)

ADV

really

easily

My younger sister scares easily, so we never show her horror movies.

VERB + SCARE

try to

PREP

into

The loud noise scared the children into running back to their parents.

with

His sudden appearance in the dark hallway scared me with its unexpectedness.

PHRASES

scare sb silly/stiff/to death

That horror movie scared my little brother to death last night.

scare the hell/life/living daylights out of sb

That sudden noise scared the living daylights out of everyone in the room.

scare the pants off sb

That horror movie scared the pants off my little brother last night.

Definitions

noun

A minor fright.

Johnny had a bad scare last night.

England were held to a draw after surviving a major scare against Switzerland as they were forced to come from two goals behind to earn a point in the Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley.

A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.

a food-poisoning scare

A device or object used to frighten.

But I admit the possibility of their being used as "scares" for either birds of prey or snakes, or both.

verb

To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?

That cannot be; the noise of thy crossbow / Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.

(To be able) to be scared.

I don't scare easily.

adj

lean; scanty

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

panic

verb — cause fear in

verb — cause to lose courage

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

scare the pants off

To scare or startle someone thoroughly.

He liked the water rides, but the big roller-coaster scared the pants off him.

scare story

A rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety.

Have you heard the recent scare story about broken glass in baby food?

scare straight

To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results.

Indeed, there is a streak of Reaganomics that believes the only way to motivate American workers is to scare them straight with unemployment charts.

scare someone to death

To frighten someone very much.

scare the living daylights out of

To scare something or someone to a large degree.

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Example Bank

Johnny had a bad scare last night.

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England were held to a draw after surviving a major scare against Switzerland as they were forced to come from two goals behind to earn a point in the Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley.

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a food-poisoning scare

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Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?

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That cannot be; the noise of thy crossbow / Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.

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Late triumphs of Russian science are scaring the very dogwater out of large elements in our society, and we both fear more "purging" instead of more effort at catching up.

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