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scare

Sentences
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  your   partner   stiff .
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Meaning

Synonyms

frighten
C1
alarm
B1
terrify
26k
fear
A2
😨
fright
C1
intimidate
C2
panic
B2
startle
C2
threaten
B2
affright
terrorize
25k
menace
C2
dismay
29k
horrify
dread
C2
spook
C2

make afraid

daunt
shock
B1
⚡
terror
B2

be afraid

haunt
C1
appal
apprehension
25k

be afraid of

cow
B1
🐮
dash
C1
💨
deter
25k
funk
C2
pall
36k
surprise
A2

frighten off

scared
A1
scare off
drive
A2
panic attack
petrify
trepidation
42k
unnerve
discourage
C2
consternation
chill
B2

scare away

frighten away

frightened
B2
scarify
shade
C1
shadow
B2
shake
B1
🫨
stampede
C2
Translations

effrayer
asustar
😨
spaventare
erschrecken
espantar
😨
assustar
😨
épouvanter
spavento
faire peur

faire peur à

korkutmak
impaurire
amedrontar
redouter
verschrikken
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/skɛə/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
sker
Inherited from Middle English
scaren
Cognate with Old Norse
skjarr
Cognate with Scots
skar
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk
skjerra
Cognate with Swedish
skjarra
Cognate with Classical Armenian
ցիռ
In summary

From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).

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