If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.
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Scare
//skɛə//
Synonyms for "scare" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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More general
11 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
118 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πτήσσω verb (to frighten)
- φοβέω verb (to frighten)
- φοβερίζω verb (to frighten)
Arabic
1 entries- أَفْزَعَ verb (to frighten)
Arbëresh
1 entries- llavënj verb (to frighten)
Armenian
1 entries- վախեցնել verb (to frighten)
Aromanian
2 entries- aspar verb (to frighten)
- spar verb (to frighten)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qorxu noun (minor fright)
- qorxutmaq verb (to frighten)
- qorxuzmaq verb (to frighten)
Belarusian
1 entries- пало́хаць verb (to frighten)
Bulgarian
3 entries- плашило noun (something that inspires fear)
- уплаха noun (minor fright)
- плаша verb (to frighten)
Burmese
1 entries- ခြောက် verb (to frighten)
Catalan
2 entries- espantar verb (to frighten)
- espaventar verb (to frighten)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- šeký-ŋe verb (to frighten)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吃驚 /吃惊 noun (minor fright)
- 驚嚇 /惊吓 noun (minor fright)
- 驚懼 /惊惧 noun (minor fright)
- 使害怕 verb (to frighten)
Czech
4 entries- polekat verb (to frighten)
- postrašit verb (to frighten)
- vyděsit verb (to frighten)
- vylekat verb (to frighten)
Danish
2 entries- forskrækkelse noun (minor fright)
- skræmme verb (to frighten)
Dutch
4 entries- angst aanjagen verb (to frighten)
- bang maken verb (to frighten)
- beangstigen verb (to frighten)
- doen schrikken verb (to frighten)
Esperanto
1 entries- timigi verb (to frighten)
Finnish
4 entries- kauhu noun (something that inspires fear)
- pelätti noun (something that inspires fear)
- säikähdys noun (minor fright)
- pelästyttää verb (to frighten)
French
2 entries- peur noun (minor fright)
- effrayer verb (to frighten)
Galician
4 entries- susto noun (minor fright)
- asustar verb (to frighten)
- atemorizar verb (to frighten)
- espantar verb (to frighten)
German
4 entries- Schreck noun (minor fright)
- beängstigen verb (to frighten)
- erschrecken verb (to frighten)
- ängstigen verb (to frighten)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to frighten)
Greek
3 entries- φοβίζω noun (minor fright)
- τρομάζω verb (to frighten)
- φοβίζω verb (to frighten)
Hindi
1 entries- डराना verb (to frighten)
Ingrian
2 entries- aroittaa verb (to frighten)
- pölässyttää verb (to frighten)
Irish
3 entries- scanradh noun (minor fright)
- cuir eagla ar verb (to frighten)
- scanraigh verb (to frighten)
Italian
4 entries- paura noun (something that inspires fear)
- spavento noun (something that inspires fear)
- timore noun (minor fright)
- impaurire verb (to frighten)
Japanese
4 entries- 怯え noun (minor fright)
- 恐怖 noun (minor fright)
- 恐怖 noun (something that inspires fear)
- 脅威 noun (something that inspires fear)
Korean
1 entries- 놀래키다 verb (to frighten)
Ladino
1 entries- espantar verb (to frighten)
Latin
2 entries- terreō verb (to frighten)
- timeor verb (to frighten)
Latvian
3 entries- baidīt verb (to frighten)
- biedināt verb (to frighten)
- biedēt verb (to frighten)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- tšachaś verb (to frighten)
Old English
1 entries- grēosan verb (to frighten)
Persian
1 entries- ترساندن verb (to frighten)
Polish
1 entries- straszyć verb (to frighten)
Portuguese
2 entries- susto noun (minor fright)
- assustar verb (to frighten)
Romanian
2 entries- speria verb (to frighten)
- înspăimânta verb (to frighten)
Russian
4 entries- жу́пел noun (something that inspires fear)
- испу́г noun (minor fright)
- па́ника noun (minor fright)
- пу́гало noun (something that inspires fear)
Sicilian
1 entries- scantari verb (to frighten)
Sikkimese
1 entries- དཀྲོགས verb (to frighten)
Slovene
1 entries- prestrašiti verb (to frighten)
Spanish
4 entries- susto noun (minor fright)
- amedrantar verb (to frighten)
- amedrentar verb (to frighten)
- asustar verb (to frighten)
Swahili
3 entries- ukalili noun (minor fright)
- ukalili noun (something that inspires fear)
- ukalili verb (to frighten)
Swedish
1 entries- skrämma verb (to frighten)
Turkish
1 entries- korkutmak verb (to frighten)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зляка́ти verb (to frighten)
- ляка́ти verb (to frighten)
- наляка́ти verb (to frighten)
Welsh
1 entries- dychryn verb (to frighten)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Don't scare me like that!
Source: tatoeba (18944)
Don't make any noise or you'll scare the birds away.
Source: tatoeba (25449)
Oh, what a scare!
Source: tatoeba (72114)
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