scare
US: /ˈskɛɹ/
UK: /skˈeə/
UK: /skˈeə/
English Vietnamese dictionary
scare /skeə/
- danh từ
- sự sợ hãi, sự kinh hoàng, sự hoang mang lo sợ (chiến tranh xảy ra...)
- sự mua vội vì hốt hoảng, sự bán chạy vì hốt hoảng hoang mang
- ngoại động từ
- làm kinh hãi, làm sợ hãi, doạ (ngáo ộp)
- scared face: mặt tỏ vẻ sợ hãi
- to scare away
- to scare off
- xua đuổi
- to scare up
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) vất vả mới thu được
- làm ra nhanh; thu lượm nhanh
- to scare off
- làm kinh hãi, làm sợ hãi, doạ (ngáo ộp)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 to frighten sb: [VN] You scared me. + [VN to inf] It scared me to think I was alone in the building.
2 [V] to become frightened: He doesn't scare easily.
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Idioms: scare the shit out of sb
scare sb shitless (!!!, slang) to frighten sb very much
more at DAYLIGHTS, DEATH, LIFE
Phrasal Verbs: scare sb<->away / off to make sb go away by frightening them: They managed to scare the bears away.
scare sb<->into doing sth to frighten sb in order to make them do sth: Local businesses were scared into paying protection money.
scare sb<->off to accidentally make sb afraid of or nervous about doing sth that they were going to do: Rising prices are scaring customers off.
scare up sth (AmE, informal) to find or make sth by using whatever is available: I'll see if I can scare up enough chairs for us all.
+ noun
1 [C] (used especially in newspapers) a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about sth: a bomb / health scare + recent scares about pesticides in food + a scare story (= a news report that spreads more anxiety or fear about sth than is necessary) + to cause a major scare + scare tactics (= ways of persuading people to do sth by frightening them)
2 [sing.] a sudden feeling of fear: You gave me a scare! + We've had quite a scare.
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Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 frighten, alarm, startle, shock, dismay, daunt, appal, give (someone) a shock or a fright, terrify, terrorize, threaten, menace, cow, intimidate, horrify, US and Canadian spook, Colloq scare the pants off, scare the life or the living daylights or the hell out of, scare out of one's wits, make one's hair stand on end, make one's flesh creep or crawl, give one goose bumps or goose-pimples, US scare the bejesus out of, Taboo Slang scare or frighten the shit out of, scare shitless, US scare shitty:
A sudden noise scared me, and I ran out of the cave as fast as I could
2 scare up. scrape together or up, find, gather, collect, raise, dig up, get, come by, scrounge (up):
I can't scare up that much money in one day!
n.
3 fright, shock, surprise, start:
I had a terrible scare when I saw what I thought was blood.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
major, terrible
a major health scare
| minor | bomb | food, health | Aids, BSE, etc.
VERB + SCARE
cause | give sb
It wasn't a serious heart attack, but it gave him a terrible scare.
| get, have
SCARE + NOUN
story, tactics
The government used scare tactics to get parents to have their children vaccinated against the disease.
PREP.
~ about/over
the scare over British beef
PHRASES
a bit of a/quite a scare
I got a bit of a scare when the police rang.
ADV.
really | easily
He doesn't scare easily.
VERB + SCARE
try to
PREP.
into
They're just trying to scare us into letting out the secret.
| with
You don't scare me with your threats!
PHRASES
scare sb silly/stiff/to death
(informal) The very thought of flying scares me stiff.
| scare the hell/life/living daylights out of sb
(informal) You scared the life out of me, hiding like that!
| scare the pants off sb
(informal)
Concise English dictionary
scares|scared|scaringsker /skeə
noun
+sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
+a sudden attack of fear
verb
+cause fear in
+cause to lose courage
