scare - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a sudden attack of fear

Synonyms

• panic attack
• scare

More generic

• fear
• fearfulness
• fright

Noun

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

Synonyms

• panic
• scare

More generic

• anxiety
• anxiousness

More specific

• red scare

Verb

cause fear in

Synonyms

• affright
• fright
• frighten
• scare

More generic

• excite
• shake
• shake up
• stimulate
• stir

More specific

• alarm
• appal
• appall
• awe
• bluff
• consternate
• dismay
• horrify
• intimidate
• spook
• terrify
• terrorise
• terrorize

Related

• dread
• fear

Verb

cause to lose courage

Synonyms

• dash
• daunt
• frighten away
• frighten off
• pall
• scare
• scare away
• scare off

More generic

• intimidate

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