ENGLISH: scare - CREOLE: alame



Overview of noun scare



The noun scare has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. panic, scare -- (sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building")

2. scare, panic attack -- (a sudden attack of fear)



Overview of verb scare



The verb scare has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (4) frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")

2. (2) daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare -- (cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")

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