| VERB | emotion | scare, frighten, fright, affright | drive out by frightening |
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| emotion | scare, daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away | cause to lose courage | |
| NOUN | state | scare, panic | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events |
| feeling | scare, panic attack | a sudden attack of fear |
| Sounds | skeh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | panic | |
| Narrower | red scare | A period of general fear of communists |
| Broader | anxiety, anxiousness | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic |
| Spanish | pánico | |
| Catalan | pànic | |
| Adjectives | scary | provoking fear terror |
| Verbs | scare | cause to lose courage |
| Meaning | A sudden attack of fear. | |
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| Synonym | panic attack | |
| Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
| Spanish | ataque de pánico, susto | |
| Catalan | atac de pànic | |
| Adjectives | scary | provoking fear terror |
| Verbs | scare | drive out by frightening |
| Meaning | drive out by frightening. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will scare him; Sam cannot scare Sue | |
| Synonyms | frighten, fright, affright | |
| Cause to | fear, dread | Be afraid or scared of |
| Narrower | awe | inspire awe in |
| bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | |
| consternate | Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion | |
| dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify | Fill with apprehension or alarm | |
| intimidate | make timid or fearful | |
| spook | frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action | |
| terrify, terrorize, terrorise | Fill with terror | |
| Broader | stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
| Spanish | amedrentar, asustar, atemorizar, espantar | |
| Catalan | esglaiar, espantar | |
| Nouns | scare | a sudden attack of fear |
| scarer | an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | |
| Meaning | Cause to lose courage. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to scare Sue | |
| Synonyms | daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away | |
| Broader | intimidate | To compel or deter by or as if by threats / threats |
| Spanish | acobardar, asustar, espantar, intimidar | |
| Catalan | acoquinar, acovardir, desanimar, descoratjar, esglaiar, espantar | |
| Nouns | scare | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events |
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