SCARE


Meaning of SCARE in English

■ verb

1》 cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.

↘( ~ someone away/off ) drive or keep someone away by frightening them.

↘become ~d.

2》 ( ~ something up ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. find or obtain something.

■ noun a sudden attack of fright.

↘a period of general anxiety or alarm about something: a bomb ~.

Derivatives

~d adjective

~r noun

Origin

ME: from ON skirra 'frighten', from skjarr 'timid'.

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