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Antonyms for scare

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : skair
Phonetic Transcription : skɛər

Definition of scare

Origin :
  • 1590s, alteration of Middle English skerren (c.1200), from Old Norse skirra "to frighten; to shrink from, shun; to prevent, avert," related to skjarr "timid, shy, afraid of," of unknown origin. In Scottish also skair, skar, and in dialectal English skeer, skear, which seems to preserve the older pronunciation. To scare up "procure, obtain" is first recorded 1846, American English, from notion of rousing game from cover. Related: Scared; scaring.
  • noun frightened state
  • verb frighten someone
Example sentences :
  • What's any of them little haythen been coin' to scare ye, missy?
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • I just know he's a cowardy-cat, because he's always trying to scare ME.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • You've played jokes on her, and told her things to scare her—and my grief!
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • With Mr. Morris at the front end of that log, there's no hope of scare.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • Not just because I was frightened, it wasn't so simple as a scare.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • I guess I won't go ahead and scare him off; he'll stay and pick around.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
  • It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Not that I was so homely I'd scare the crows, but he didn't want me to be vain.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If he is, he must stand at the gate and scare off Come-Outers.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Do you really attach importance to this scare of a German invasion?
  • Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for scare

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