scare

noun/skɛr/

Frequency rank: #3,872 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

To make someone feel frightened; a sudden feeling of fear.

Illustration for the English word “scare”

Example sentence

The loud noise gave me a big scare during the night.

Synonyms & related words

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