scare
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nounDefinition of scare (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for scare
Synonyms: Verb
affright, alarm (also alarum), fright, frighten, horrify, panic, scarify, shock, spook, startle, terrify, terrorize
Synonyms: Noun
alarm (also alarum), anxiety, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, horror, panic, terror, trepidation
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of scare in a Sentence
Verb
You scared me. I didn't see you there. Stop that, you're scaring the children.Noun
There have been scares about the water supply being contaminated. fired over their heads in order to throw a scare into them
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In sharp contrast to its treatment of Yuko, Infamy renders the internment in painstaking detail, as if to suggest that this is what should really scare audiences. — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, "The Uneven Historical Horror of The Terror: Infamy," 2 Sep. 2019 Raising the fee by 50% would raise another $1.8 million if the higher rates don't scare away drivers. — Dallas News, "DFW Airport upping fee to $6 for 'pass-through' drivers using it as a shortcut," 30 July 2019 Get our daily newsletter Some Democrats are worried that nominating a candidate with views on race that are too far to the left of the average voter could scare off the remaining conservative members of their coalition. — The Economist, "The best line in the first televised debate may hurt the Democrats," 4 July 2019 When real-estate agents or speculators came to the shore, Melvin tried to scare them away. — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, "The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.," 15 July 2019 Jodi Halsey-Aiello and Wayne Aiello, who own a home adjacent to the oak tree, have tried to scare off the 80-some vultures that roost there each night throughoutsummer. — John Spina, The Denver Post, "Longmont residents sick of nasty, vomiting turkey vultures," 21 June 2019 Hazing techniques can be used to scare away nuisance coyotes. — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A deer and dog had a wild encounter in a Wauwatosa backyard," 10 June 2019 His effort to use immigrants to scare Americans rather than touting the economy to unite them lost the House. — Ezra Klein, Vox, "Republicans are paying the Trump tax," 7 Nov. 2018 The thought of using skin-care acids used to scare me for the longest time. — Talia Abbas, SELF, "How to Pick the Right Skin-Care Acid for Your Concerns," 9 Oct. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Vampires, ghostly pirates, and crow and pumpkin head creatures will be roaming around each exhibit to give a good scare to attraction goers. — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The Deer District becomes the Fear District with haunted houses, Halloween movies and more beginning Sept. 26," 3 Sep. 2019 Neither Gauff nor McNally, who gave Serena Williams a genuine scare in the second round Wednesday night, were a legitimate threat to win singles. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "US Open Day Seven Thoughts: Team 'McCoco' Keeps Rolling While Serena, Federer Move on," 1 Sep. 2019 The coyote spotted earlier this week on a grassy field on the Peninsula just a few feet from a children’s playground gave a scare to some of the students’ parents. — Patrick May, The Mercury News, "Not your neighborhood dog: Coyote sighting near San Bruno school the latest Bay Area wildlife appearance," 15 Aug. 2019 After facing a health scare, Blanca (Mj Rodriguez) seemed to be on the mend and, by the end of the episode, appeared to rebuild Evangelista by taking in some runaway teens. — Tim Stack, EW.com, "Pose producer Janet Mock on the finale and that Whitney Houston moment," 21 Aug. 2019 Don Shooter, a former Arizona lawmaker, was released from the hospital Monday after a serious health scare that forced him into intensive care last month, his son told The Arizona Republic. — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, "Former Arizona lawmaker Don Shooter released from hospital after health scare," 12 Aug. 2019 The 43-year-old and his fiancée, Annalee Belle, took to Instagram to share a very important update about a recent health scare. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "Property Brothers' JD Scott Is Battling a ‘Mysterious’ Illness: ‘I Thought I Was Dying’," 14 July 2019 But if the typical line on Jagger, even without health scares, is that no one can believe he’s still spry, the typical line on Keith Richards is that no one can believe he’s still alive. — Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, "At Gillette, there’s no stopping the Rolling Stones," 8 July 2019 Some of those who attend the classes are people who had a health scare with a heart attack or who are on the cusp of diabetes, Silver said. — Ginger Christ, cleveland.com, "University Hospitals, Dave’s Market serve up healthy cooking classes in Midtown," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scare.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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