scare meaning and definition

SCARE noun

Definition of scare (noun)

1. 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: panic
2. a sudden attack of fear
   • synonyms: panic attack

SCARE verb

Definition of scare (verb)

1. cause fear in
   • "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
   • synonyms: affright, fright, frighten
2. cause to lose courage
   • "dashed by the refusal"
   • synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off