0 to (make a person or animal) feel frightened:
Sudden noises scare her.
He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened) by driving so fast.
Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried).
She scared the hell/life/living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree.
1 a sudden feeling of fear or worry:
I got/had a scare (= I was very worried) when I looked at my bank statement this morning!
You gave us a real scare (= frightened us) when you fainted, you know.
The government are accused of employing scare tactics (= ways of frightening people in order to persuade them to do something).
The papers have been publishing scare stories (= newspaper reports which make people feel unnecessarily worried) about the mystery virus.
2 to feel frightened, or to cause someone to feel frightened:
3 a strong, sudden feeling of being frightened:
You gave me a real scare.
4 a situation in which people are very afraid that something bad will happen:
After his health scare, he started exercising more.
中文繁体
(使)驚恐,(使)害怕, 受驚嚇,感到害怕, 驚恐,恐慌…
More中文简体
(使)惊恐,(使)害怕, 受惊吓,感到害怕, 惊恐,恐慌…
MoreEspañol
asustar, susto, amenaza…
MorePortuguês
assustar, susto…
More日本語
~を怖がらせる, おびえさせる, 恐怖…
MoreTürk dili
korkutmak, korku, ürperti…
MoreFrançais
effrayer, faire peur à, s’effrayer…
MoreCatalan
espantar, ensurt, amenaça…
More