Scare

/skɛə/

Synonyms for "scare" (116 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Noun(5 words)

fright panic alarmalarm tacticchilling

Verb(4 words)

frighten affright dash daunt

abject fearaffright alarm aweblue funkbluff offcollectcome byconsternation cow cowardicecurdle the blooddaunt

Adjective(1 words)

afeared

Interjection(1 words)

boo

Strong matches (34)

Noun(8 words)

deter discourage fearfear tacticfreak outfreaks frighten frights

dig updismay disquiet disturb dread fear find freeze fright frightenfrighten offfunk gather get horrification horrify horripilate horror

Verb(6 words)

fright frightedfrighten awayfrighten offfrightens frighting

Adjective(2 words)

frightened frightening

Related words (58)

intimidate leanmake one tremblemenace overawe panicpanic fearparalyze petrify phobiaput to flightraiseraise apprehensionsscare awayscare upscrape togetherscrape upshakeshake upshock

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spook stagger stampede start startlestrike terror intosurprise terrify terror terrorize threaten turnunholy dreadunman unnerve unstring upset

Noun(10 words)

intimidateintimidation tacticpanic attackpanicking panics scaremonger spooking spooks startle thrills

Verb(8 words)

pallscare awayscare offspooked terrifies terrify terrorized terrorizes

Adjective(3 words)

petrified terrified terrifying

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

22 entries

affect verbanxiety anxiousness deterrenceemotion verbemotional stateexcite fear fearfulness frightinfluence verbintimidate manipulation persuasionpersuasion tacticpolitical strategy

Showing 16 of 22 words.

More specific

10 entries

alarmalarmist messagingeconomic scarefear tactichealth scareintimidationpublic scarescare campaignscaremongering startle

Collocations

10 entries

economic scarehealth scaremedia scarepublic scarescare campaignscare factorscare quotesscare tacticscare tacticsscaremongering

Inflections

3 entries

scared scares scaring

Derivations

8 entries

scare tacticscarecrow scared scaremonger scaremongering scares scaring scary

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.

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Don't scare me like that!

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Don't make any noise or you'll scare the birds away.

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Oh, what a scare!

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