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scared
Overview of verb scare
The verb scare has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")
2. (2) daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare -- (cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")
Overview of adj scared
The adj scared has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. frightened, scared -- (made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move")
Antonyms of verb scare
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scare
2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
=> intimidate, restrain
=> discourage
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb scare
1 of 2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> bluff
=> awe
=> terrify, terrorize, terrorise
=> intimidate
=> dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> consternate
=> spook
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scare
2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
=> intimidate, restrain
'Cause To' of verb scare
1 of 2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> fear, dread
Derived Forms of verb scare
2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
RELATED TO>(noun) scare#2
=> scare, panic attack
RELATED TO>(noun) scarer#1
=> scarecrow, straw man, strawman, bird-scarer, scarer
Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
RELATED TO>(noun) scare#1
=> panic, scare
Domain of verb scare
Domain Terms of verb scare
Familiarity of verb scare
scare used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb scare
2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
EX: The bad news will scare him
EX: Sam cannot scare Sue
Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
EX: The performance is likely to scare Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb scare
2 senses of scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> fuel
=> arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> thrill, tickle, vibrate
=> tempt, invite
=> elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
=> inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
=> titillate
Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
> intimidate, restrain
=> daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb scare
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
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Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
=> intimidate, restrain
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Grep of verb scare
scare
scare away
scare off
Antonyms of adj scared
1 sense of scared
Sense 1
frightened, scared
INDIRECT (VIA afraid) -> unafraid, fearless
Similarity of adj scared
1 sense of scared
Sense 1
frightened, scared
=> afraid(predicate)(vs. unafraid)
Pertainyms of adj scared
Attributes of adj scared
Domain of adj scared
Domain Terms of adj scared
Familiarity of adj scared
scared used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj scared
scared
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