1. present participle of scare; causing fear or alarm in someone

1. the act of causing fear or fright

Examples

• The loud thunder was scaring the children.
• Stop scaring your little sister with ghost stories.
• The movie was really scaring me, so I left early.
• His reckless driving is scaring other motorists.
• The scaring of birds from the crops was necessary.
• She didn’t mean any harm by her scaring tactics.
• The dog’s barking was scaring away potential burglars.