scare
noun
- 1
a sudden attack of fear
- 2
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
panic in the stock market
a war scare
verb
- 1
cause fear in
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Ghosts could never affright her
- 2
cause to lose courage
dashed by the refusal
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