| Scare 1. (v. t.) To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. 2. (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. Thesaurus Entries abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, blue funk, bluff off, collect, come by, consternation, cow, cowardice, curdle the blood, daunt, dig up, dismay, disquiet, dread, fear, find, freeze, fright, frighten, frighten off, funk, gather, get, horrification, horrify, horripilate, horror, intimidate, make one tremble, menace, panic, panic fear, paralyze, petrify, phobia, put to flight, raise, raise apprehensions, scare away, scare up, scrape together, scrape up, shake, shake up, shock, spook, stagger, stampede, start, startle, strike terror into, surprise, terrify, terror, terrorize, threaten, unholy dread, unman, unnerve, unstring |