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scare
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sk??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sk??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).
Noun
scare (plural scares)
- A minor fright.
- A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
- a food-poisoning scare
- A device or object used to frighten.
Synonyms
- fright
Related terms
- scary
Translations
See also
- scarecrow
Etymology 2
From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijan? (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ??? (c?i?, “wild ass”).
Verb
scare (third-person singular simple present scares, present participle scaring, simple past and past participle scared)
- To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
- 1995, The Langoliers
- (Laurel Stevenson) Would you please be quiet? You're scaring the little girl.
- (Craig Toomey) Scaring the little girl?! Scaring the little girl?! Lady!
- 1995, The Langoliers
Synonyms
- frighten
- terrify
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adjective
scare (comparative more scare, superlative most scare)
- lean; scanty
Anagrams
- CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, serac, sérac
French
Etymology
From Latin scarus (also genus name Scarus), from Ancient Greek ?????? (skáros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ska?/
Noun
scare m (plural scares)
- parrotfish
Further reading
- “scare” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, races, sacre, sacré
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scarier
English
Adjective
scarier
- comparative form of scary: more scary
Anagrams
- carries
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