Scare synonyms and antonyms
skâr
Category:
Part of speech:
To give way to or show panic
fear (related)
A reason for dread or apprehension:
A device that is used to warn of danger by means of a sound or signal:
A person or thing causing intense fear
To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.
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afraid (related)
make one's hair stand on end
Showing or caused by timidity
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. Found primarily in the passive voice.
frighten (related)
The definition of frighten is to cause fear or to make someone afraid or anxious.
Daunt is defined as to intimidate someone.
Able or quick to apprehend or understand
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Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
(Informal) Having the jitters
Of or like paranoia
Having fear; afraid, frightened.
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Marked by or showing trembling or quivering
A state of great alarm, agitation, or dismay.
reassure (antonym)
frightened state
reassurance (antonym)
(Law, dated) reinsurance
comfort (antonym)
To ease physically; relieve:
calmness (antonym)
frighten
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To arouse fear in; terrify:
terrify (related)
spook (related)
Overcome by panic; terrified.
To fill with horror or dismay; shock
(Intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
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To cause to lose enthusiasm or resolution; disillusion or discourage:
To fear greatly.
To cause to feel horror
To overcome or subdue by inspiring awe
To stun or paralyze with terror; daze.
To surprise and disturb greatly:
To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
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To remove by striking or wiping:
cause to lose courage
upset (related)
worry (related)
annoy (related)
To cause (someone) to feel that his or her power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished:
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(Agric.) To loosen or stir (the topsoil)
make one's blood run cold
scare silly (or stiff)
scare the daylights out of
A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.
To satiate, bore, or disgust
cause to lose courage
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cause to lose courage
embarrass (related)
Characterized by abject fear; cowardly.
Affected by intimidation
calm (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become calm.
stupid (related)
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panick (related)
hate (related)
hurt (related)
Find another word for scare. In this page you can discover 66 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for scare, like: fright, panic, fear, intimidate, alarm, terror, browbeat, afraid, make one's hair stand on end, timorous and cow.
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