Definitions for scares

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scares scare

Spelling: [skair]

IPA: /skɛər/

Scares is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in scares (acerss).

Definitions for scares

noun

1. a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
2. a time or condition of alarm or worry:

Verb phrases

1. scare up, Informal. to obtain with effort; find or gather:

verb (used with object)

1. to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.

verb (used without object)

1. to become frightened:

Origin of scares

1150-1200; (v.) Middle English skerren Old Norse skirra to frighten, derivative of skjarr timid, shy; (noun) late Middle English skere, derivative of the v.

Examples for scares

What's any of them little haythen been coin' to scare ye, missy?

Mrs. Deshales ordered an ambulance, which managed to scare off Wahlberg and his pals.

Not just because I was frightened, it wasn't so simple as a scare.

You've played jokes on her, and told her things to scare her—and my grief!

“Cultures” Versus “White Girls” As you can probably sense from my scare quotes, you can never be too careful these days.

I just know he's a cowardy-cat, because he's always trying to scare ME.

With Mr. Morris at the front end of that log, there's no hope of scare.

Keep the scare quotes around gay “marriage,” or at least put an asterisk after it.

An HIV scare, Rand Paul talking points, and a (maybe) proposition.

As we have seen, it is not just the fact that they scare people.