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scare::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | panic |
| Type of | anxiousness, anxiety |
| Has types | red scare |
| Derivation | scary |
a war scare.
a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | panic attack |
| Type of | fearfulness, fright, fear |
| Derivation | scary |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off |
| Type of | intimidate |
Examples of scare
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The Blues came close again in the final seconds, but the Avs survived the scare.
From the stltoday.com
It was KU's biggest scare since the Jayhawks held off Baylor 81-75, last season.
From the kansas.com
Adverse mold publicity could scare investors away during the secondary offering.
From the businessweek.com
Market size didn't scare you from giving Matt Holliday $120 million last winter.
From the kentucky.com
The pace is dictated by the guests and the scare actors, who gauge the reaction.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Instead, the Colonels put a real scare into the Wildcats for four full quarters.
From the kansas.com
He got a bit of a scare last year when Detroit qualified as only the No. 5 seed.
From the kansas.com
Look at our country does it not scare you that we hardly MAKE anything any more.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Having a warplane buzz the enemy to scare them off is nothing new, said Hostage.
From the thestate.com
- Frighten: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
- Panic: 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"
- A sudden attack of fear
- Daunt: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
- (scared) frightened: made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"
- (scary) chilling: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
- Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. Some psychologists such as John B. ...
- (Scared!) Scared! (stylized as SCARED!), formerly titled as Scared on Staten Island!, is an American paranormal public-access television series that premiered on September 12, 2002 on Staten Island Community Television. ...
- Scared was the first full-length album by California punk rock band Swingin' Utters, released in 1992, following the EP Gives You Strength, released earlier the same year.
