Synonyms for scare
skɛərscare

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1. scarenoun

   Synonyms:
   fright, frighten, terrify

2. scarenoun

   To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

   Did that scare you when I said Boo!?

   Synonyms:
   fright, frighten, terrify

3. scarenoun

   A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.

   JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country.

   Synonyms:
   fright

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1. scare

   One is frightened by a cause of fear addressed directly and suddenly to the senses; he is intimidated by an apprehension of contingent consequences dependent on some act of his own to be done or forborne; the means of intimidation may act through the senses, or may appeal only to the intellect or the sensibilities. The sudden rush of an armed madman may frighten; the quiet leveling of a highwayman's pistol intimidates. A savage beast is intimidated by the keeper's whip. Employers may intimidate their employees from voting contrary to their will by threat of discharge; a mother may be intimidated through fear for her child. To browbeat or cow is to bring into a state of submissive fear; to daunt is to give pause or check to a violent, threatening, or even a brave spirit. To scare is to cause sudden, unnerving fear; to terrify is to awaken fear that is overwhelming. Compare ALARM.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, appal, browbeat, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, intimidate, terrify

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1. scare

   Synonyms:
   terrify, affright, intimidate, frighten, deter, dismay, daunt

   Antonyms:
   reassure, encourage, entice, allure

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1. panic, scarenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   terror, panic attack, affright, panic

2. scare, panic attackverb

   a sudden attack of fear

   Synonyms:
   panic attack, panic

3. frighten, fright, scare, affrightverb

   cause fear in

   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

   Synonyms:
   pall, scare off, daunt, affright, frighten away, scare away, fright, frighten, frighten off, dash

4. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scareverb

   cause to lose courage

   "dashed by the refusal"

   Synonyms:
   weary, dull, shoot, scoot, pall, cloy, flash, fatigue, fright, affright, scare off, frighten, tire, frighten away, scud, jade, die, become flat, scare away, crash, daunt, frighten off, dart, dash, smash

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety
   • Excite

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1. scareverb

   Synonyms:
   frighten, affright, FRIGHT, intimidate, daunt, appall, terrify, make afraid, put in fear

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1. scarenoun

   Synonyms:
   fright, alarm, terror, panic, consternation

2. scareverb

   Synonyms:
   frighten, intimidate, terrify, daunt, cow, appall, startle, affright, alarm, browbeat, dismay, terrorize, overawe

   Antonyms:
   reassure

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1. List of paraphrases for "scare":

   frighten, startle, spook, afraid, scared, panic, fear, alarmist, intimidate, fright

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1. Mark Bucher:

   It [ the backlash from the Right to Life supporters ] does n’t scare me or preclude me from doing it again. It’s the discussion everyone wants to have, i have a feeding ground of opportunities with the Obamas staying in Washington and the Trumps living a block away.

2. Paris Hilton:

   I love what’s happening right now with the #MeToo movement and all of these women coming together and really making these men accountable for their actions, because it’s not right what people are doing, it’s a great thing for everyone to come and scare these people from doing it. I think men in this industry have taken advantage of women for so many years.

3. Michael Arone:

   Even today with lighter volumes and high absenteeism, gold has breached $1,500, to me it's indicative of this idea that potentially you could have an inflation scare in 2020 and perhaps investors are beginning to position themselves for such a scare.

4. Michael Arone:

   To me it's indicative of this idea that potentially you could have an inflation scare in 2020 and perhaps investors are beginning to position themselves for such a scare.

5. His Syriza party:

   Democracy cannot be blackmailed, dignity cannot be bargained, workers, the unemployed, young people, the Greek people and the rest of the peoples of Europe will send a loud message of resistance to the alleged one-way path of austerity, resistance to the blackmail and scare-mongering.