1. to frighten or cause fear in someone
2. to become frightened

1. a sudden feeling of fear or alarm
2. something that causes widespread fear or panic

Examples

• The loud noise scared the children.
• Don’t scare me like that!
• She scares easily during horror movies.
• The sudden thunder gave me quite a scare.
• There was a health scare about contaminated water.
• The cat jumped and scared when the door slammed.
• His ghost costume was meant to scare trick-or-treaters.