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scare
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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.
n.
1. A condition or sensation of sudden fear.
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.]

scarer n.

scare [skɛə]
vb
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) US and Canadian informal (followed 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
n
1. a sudden attack of fear or alarm
2. a period of general fear or alarm
adj
causing (needless) fear or alarm a scare story
[from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra]
scarer  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scarescare - 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"
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.scarescare - a sudden attack of fear              
fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Verb1.scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
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"
intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats

scare
verb
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
Translations
scare [ˈskɛəʳ]
A. N
1. (= fright) → susto m
to cause a scaresembrar el pánico
to give sb a scaredar un susto or asustar a algn
what a scare you gave me!¡qué susto me diste!
we got a bit of a scarenos pegamos un susto, tuvimos un sobresalto
2. (= panic, threat) bomb scareamenaza 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 deathdarle un susto de muerte a algn
to scare the hell or life out of sbdarle un susto de muerte a algn
to scare sb stiffdarle un susto de muerte a algn
2. to be scared (= frightened) → tener miedo, estar asustado
don't be scaredno tengas miedo, no te asustes
we were really scaredteníamos mucho miedo, estábamos muy asustados
to be scared to do sthtener miedo de hacer algo
she was too scared to talkestaba demasiado asustada para poder hablar, no podía hablar del susto
to be scared to deathestar muerto de miedo
to be scared of sb/sth he's scared of womentiene miedo a las mujeres
are you scared of him?¿le tienes miedo?
I'm scared of spidersles tengo miedo a or me dan miedo las arañas
to be scared of doing sthtener miedo de hacer algo
to be scared stiffestar muerto de miedo
to be scared out of one's witsestar muerto de miedo
C. VI he doesn't scare easilyno se asusta fácilmente
D. CPD scare campaign Ncampaña f alarmista, campaña f de intimidación
scare story N it's only a scare storyse trata de un reportaje alarmista
scare away scare off VT + ADVespantar, ahuyentar

scare [ˈskɛər]
n
(= 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
vteffrayer, 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 sepfaire fuir

scare
n (= fright, shock)Schreck(en) m; (= general alarm)Panikstimmung f, → Hysterie f (→ about in Bezug auf +acc, → wegen); to give somebody a scarejdm einen Schrecken einjagen; (= make sb jump also)jdn erschrecken; the devaluation scaredie Abwertungshysterie; to create or cause a scareeine Panik auslösen
vteinen Schrecken einjagen (+dat); (= worry)Angst machen (+dat); (= frighten physically) person, animalerschrecken; birdsaufschrecken; to be easily scaredsehr schreckhaft sein; (= easily worried)sich (dat)leicht Angst machen lassen; (= timid) deer etcsehr 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 easilyich bekomme nicht so schnell Angst

scare:
scare buying
nAngstkäufe 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
scare tactics
plPanikmache(rei) f (inf), → Verängstigungstaktik f

scare [ˈskɛəʳ]
1. nspavento, 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. vtspaventare, 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 [ˈskɛəʳ]
1. nspavento, 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. vtspaventare, 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
v scare [skeə]
to startle or frighten You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him. bangmaak يُفْزِع، يُخيف плаша (се) poděsit skræmme erschrecken τρομάζω κπ., τρομοκρατώ asustar hirmutama ترساندن pelästyttää faire peur (à) לְהַפחִיד डरना preplašiti, prestraviti megijeszt membuat takut hræða spaventare おびえさせる 겁주다 išgąsdinti nobiedēt menakutkan doen schrikken gi en støkk, skremme przestraszyć assustar a speria (ис)пугать vystrašiť prestrašiti preplašiti skrämma กลัว korkutmak 驚嚇 лякати خوف زدہ کرنا làm kinh hãi
n
1 a feeling of fear or alarm The noise gave me a scare. skrikmaak خَوْف уплаха strach, zděšení forskrækkelse der Schreck φόβος, τρομάρα susto hirm ترس pelästys peur פַּחַד डर, भय strah, strava ijedelem rasa takut hræðsla, skrekkur spavento おびえ išgąstis izbailes rasa takut schrik støkk, skrekk, sjokk strach susto frică паника, страх strach strah strah skrämsel, skrämsel[] ความรู้สึกกลัว korku 嚇一跳 переляк خوف sự sợ hãi
2 a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people a smallpox scare. vrees, paniek رُعْب، فَزَع паника panika frygt die Panik πανικός pánico paanika هراس همگاني pelko panique בֶּהָלָה आशंका panika pánik panik skelfing panico おびえた状態 공포 panika panika rasa cemas alarm panikk popłoch pânico panică психоз, паника panika preplah panika skräck, panik การตื่นตระหนก panik, korku 大恐慌 паніка لوگوں میں خوف یا دہشت کا احساس sự hốt hoảng
adj scared
frightened I'm scared of spiders; a scared little girl. bang خائِف، فَزَع уплашен mající strach, bázlivý bange for; skræmt ängstlich φοβισμένος que tiene miedo, asustado, atemorizado hirmunud ترسيده pelästynyt, pelätä qui a peur (de), apeuré פּוֹחֵד מ- भयभीत preplašen ijedt, riadt; fél (vmitől) takut hræddur (che ha paura di), spaventato おびえた 겁먹은 išgąsdintas, išsigandęs nobijies; baiļpilns ketakutan bang redd, (for)skremt przestraszony assustado înfricoşat напуганный, испуганный bojazlivý boječ preplašen rädd, skrämd กลัว korkmuş 受驚的,害怕的 переляканий خوف زدہ bị hoảng sợ
n scarecrow
a figure set up eg in a field, to scare away birds and stop them eating the seeds etc. voëlverskrikker فَزّاعَه плашило strašák fugleskræmsel die Vogelscheuche σκιάχτρο espantapájaros hernehirmutis مترسك linnunpelätin épouvantail דַחלִיל धूहा, बिजूखा, डरावा strašilo madárijesztő orang-orangan fuglahræða spaventapasseri かかし 허수아비 kaliausė putnubiedēklis orang-orang vogelverschrikker fugleskremsel strach na wróble espantalho sperietoare (de ciori) пугало strašiak strašilo strašilo fågelskrämma หุ่นไล่กา bostan korkuluğu 稻草人 опудало; страхопуд بھچ کاگ bù nhìn
n scaremonger
a person who spreads alarming rumours. bangmaker مُرَوِّج الإشاعات المُفْزِعَه паникьор panikář panikspreder der/die Bangemacher(in) διαδοσίας, κινδυνολόγος alarmista paanikatekitaja هراس آفرين kauhujuttujen levittäjä alarmiste זוֹרֵע בֶּהָלָה सनसनी फैलाने वाला onaj koji širi paniku rémhírterjesztő penyebar ketakutan hrakspámaður allarmista デマを飛ばす人 헛소문 퍼드리는 사람 panikos kėlėjas panikas cēlējs orang yang menyebarkan cerita yang menakutkan paniekzaaier panikkmaker panikarz boateiro alarmist паникёр panikár paničar paničar panikspridare ผู้แพร่ข่าวอกุศล telâşçı, velveleci 危言聳聽的人 панікер افواہ پھیلناے والا فرد kẻ phao tin đồn nhảm
scare away/off
to make go away or stay away because of fear The birds were scared away by the dog. wegjaag يُنَفِّر الطَّيْر أو الحَيَوان прогонвам (от страх) zaplašit skræmme væk verscheuchen διώχνω κπ. τρομάζοντάς τον ahuyentar; mantenerse alejado eemale peletama رماندن pelotella pois faire fuir לְהַרתִיע हौआ दिखा कर भगा देना preplašiti nekoga elriaszt mengusir hræða í burtu far fuggire, mettere in fuga 追払う 쫓아버리다 nubaidyti aizbiedēt menghalau dengan menakut-nakutkan wegjagen skremme bort, jage vekk odstraszyć espantar a alunga отпугивать, спугивать odplašiť preplašiti oterati skrämma bort (i väg) ทำให้กลัว korkutup kaçırmak 把...嚇跑 відстрашувати; віджахнути ڈرا کر بھگانا xua đuổi ...

scare ذُعْر, يُرَوْع panika, polekat 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 schrik, schrikken skrekk, skremme nastraszyć, strach assustar, susto испуг, пугать panik, skrämma ความหวาดกลัว, หวาดกลัว korkutmak, panik làm kinh hãi, sự sợ hãi 害怕


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