Analysis Complete

scare

/ scare /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a sudden attack of fear
Type of:
fear fearfulness fright
Derived:
frighten fright affright
noun Sense 2
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"
Type of:
anxiety anxiousness
Kinds of:
red scare
Derived:
daunt dash scare off pall frighten off
verb Sense 3
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
Type of:
stimulate shake shake up
Kinds of:
bluff awe terrify terrorize terrorise
Derived:
panic attack scarecrow straw man strawman bird-scarer
Causes:
fear dread
See also:
daunt dash scare off pall frighten off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 4
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
Type of:
intimidate restrain
Derived:
panic chill pall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
46%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
39
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

fear fearfulness fright anxiety anxiousness red scare stimulate shake shake up bluff awe terrify