to scare

Definition of to scare in English English dictionary: gallow; To frighten, terrify, especially in a minor way
Did that scare you when I said Boo!?.; {v} to frighten, terrify, alarm, disturb; A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread; sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake; A minor fright; A bomb scare or a security scare is a situation in which there is believed to be a bomb in a place. Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt. = alert see also scared; sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"; {i} fright, fear; cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm; A scare is a situation in which many people are afraid or worried because they think something dangerous is happening which will affect them all. the doctor at the centre of an Aids scare; {f} frighten, alarm; spook, terrify; cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"; If a sudden unpleasant experience gives you a scare, it frightens you. Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all? We got a bit of a scare; If something scares you, it frightens or worries you. You're scaring me The prospect of failure scares me rigid It scared him to realise how close he had come to losing everything. = frighten emphasis If you want to emphasize that something scares you a lot, you can say that it scares the hell out of you or scares the life out of you; a sudden attack of fear; Fright; esp

to scare

Turkish pronunciation

tı sker

Pronunciation

/tə ˈsker/ /tə ˈskɛr/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.