scaring Definition

scare
verb scared, scaring

tr & intr
1. To make or become afraid.

Example: The cat scares her
Example: She scares easily
Thesaurus: frighten, alarm, shock, terrify, startle, dismay, unnerve, intimidate; Antonym: reassure, soothe, lull.
2. To startle.

noun scares

1. A fright or panic.

Thesaurus: fright, shock, start, panic.
2. A sudden, widespread and often unwarranted public alarm.

Example: a bomb scare

Derivative: scarer
noun

Idiom: run scared

See under run.

Idiom: scare the daylights out of someone (scare the living daylights out of someone)

colloq
To frighten them considerably or excessively.

Etymology: 12c: as skerre, from Norse skirra to avoid.

Phrasal Verb: scare someone or something away or off

To drive them away by frightening them.