scare
gb/skˈɛɹ/ us/skˈɛɹ/
A2
Engleză
~ 700
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Verb
A2
action
1
Cause someone to feel fear
To make someone feel afraid suddenly.
Tipar de utilizare:
to scare [someone]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'scare' with 'afraid'. 'Scare' is an action, while 'afraid' is a feeling.
Sinonime
frighten (Very close in meaning; slightly more formal than 'scare'.)
|
startle (Implies a quick, surprising fright rather than deep fear.)
Antonime
reassure (Means to make someone feel calm and safe instead of afraid.)
Colocații
scare away
|scare off
|really scare
|scare badly
|scare easily
Teme
emotions
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The loud noise scared the children.
- You really scared me when you jumped out from behind the door.
- The possibility of losing his job scared him.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The dog scared the little boy.
- The movie scared me a lot.
- A big spider scared her.
Substantiv
B1
state
2
Sudden feeling of fear
A short time when you feel afraid suddenly.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse 'scare' (noun) with 'scary' (adjective). The noun is the event, the adjective describes something that causes fear.
Sinonime
fright (Slightly more formal and less common than 'scare' in everyday speech.)
Antonime
calm (A state of peace and lack of fear, opposite to a scare.)
Colocații
give a scare
|get a scare
|health scare
|security scare
Teme
emotions
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- That horror film gave me a real scare.
- We had a bit of a health scare last year.
- The false alarm caused a big security scare.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The loud bang gave me a scare.
- He had a health scare last year.
- The fire alarm gave us all a scare.
Verb
B1
action
3
Make something go away by fear
To make someone or something go away because they are afraid.
Tipar de utilizare:
to scare [someone/something] away/off
Sinonime
deter (More formal; often used for preventing actions through fear or difficulty.)
Antonime
attract (Means to cause someone or something to come closer instead of go away.)
Colocații
scare off intruders
|scare away birds
|scare off competition
Teme
emotions
|daily life
|animals
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The guard dog scared off the burglars.
- We put up a scarecrow to scare away the crows.
- High prices can scare away customers.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The loud noise scared away the cats.
- The police siren scared off the thief.
- We use lights to scare away animals.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
scare
IPA
GB/skˈɛɹ/
US/skˈɛɹ/
Silabe și accent
scare (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (scare)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: scare
- Plural: scares
Verb
- Base: scare
- 3rd Person Singular: scares
- Present Participle: scaring
- Past: scared
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
scares
noun
scaring
verb
scared
verb
Core family
scary
adjective A2
Advanced or less common
scarily
adverb
scariness
noun
Expresii
give someone a scare
1/ɡˈɪv sˈʌmwˌʌn ə skˈɛɹ/
fixed phrase
Cause brief sudden fear in someone
To make someone suddenly feel afraid for a short time.
Exemple
- You gave me a real scare when you shouted like that.
- Falling down the stairs gave her quite a scare.
health scare
1/hˈɛlθ skˈɛɹ/
fixed phrase
Event causing sudden health worry
A time when people are suddenly worried about health problems.
Exemple
- He had a health scare but is fine now.
- The outbreak caused a major public health scare.
scare away
1/skˈɛɹ əwˈeɪ/
phrasal verb
Cause departure through fear
To make someone or something leave because they are afraid.
Exemple
- The noise scared away the birds.
- Bad service can scare away customers.
scare off
1/skˈɛɹ ˈɔf/
phrasal verb
Frighten away someone or something
To make someone or something go away because they are afraid or worried.
Exemple
- The barking dog scared off the stranger.
- High rent prices can scare off new businesses.