scare has definitions from the fields of psychology,psychiatry
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[ verb ] cause fear in

Examples

"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

Used in print

(George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)

Maybe he only intended to scare the blackmailer , whoever he was , in_which_case an unloaded gun would be good_enough .

2
[ verb ] cause to lose courage

Examples

"dashed by the refusal"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

`` Scared the hell out of him '' , Kahler grinned .

Related terms

intimidate panic

3
[ noun ] (psychology,psychiatry) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

Synonyms

panic

Examples

"panic in the stock market" "a war scare" "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

Related terms

anxiety red_scare daunt

4
[ noun ] a sudden attack of fear

Synonyms

panic_attack

Related terms

fear frighten

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