Tra từ scare - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scare [scare scares scared scaring] verb, noun BrE [skeə(r)] NAmE [sker]
verb
1. transitive to frighten sb
•~ sb You scared me.
•it scares sb to do sth It scared me to think I was alone in the building.
2. intransitive to become frightened
•He doesn't scare easily.
see also ↑scary
more at frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb at ↑daylights, frighten/scare sb to death at ↑death, frighten/scare the life out of sb at ↑life
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.

Thesaurus:
scare verb T
•It scared me to think I was alone in the building.
frighten • • alarm • • terrify • • traumatize • |informal spook •
scare/frighten sb/sth away/off
scare/frighten/terrify sb into doing sth
It scares/frightens/alarms/terrifies me that…
Scare or frighten? Scare is more common in spoken English. Both words can be used without an object: He doesn't scare/frighten easily., but it would be more natural to say
•Nothing scares/frightens him.

Synonyms:
frighten
scare • alarm • terrify
These words all mean to make sb afraid.
frighten • to make sb feel afraid, often suddenly: ▪ He brought out a gun and frightened them off.
scare • to make sb feel afraid: ▪ They managed to scare the bears away.
alarm • to make sb anxious or afraid: ▪ It alarms me that nobody takes this problem seriously.
Alarm is used when sb has a feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous might happen in the future; the feeling is often more one of worry than actual fear.
terrify • to make sb feel extremely afraid: ▪ Flying terrified her.
frighten or scare?
Scare is slightly more informal than frighten.
to frighten/scare sb/sth away/off
to frighten/scare/terrify sb into doing sth
It frightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me that…
It frightens/scares/alarms/terrifies me to think, see, etc.

Example Bank:
•His name scares off a lot of people.
•The very thought of flying scares me stiff.
•They're just trying to scare us into letting out the secret.
•You don't scare me with your threats!
•You scared the life out of me, hiding like that!
•He doesn't get frightened/scared easily.
•Nothing frightens/scares him
Idioms: ↑scare somebody shitless ▪ ↑scare the shit out of somebody
Derived: ↑scare somebody into doing something ▪ ↑scare somebody off ▪ ↑scare up something

noun
1. countable (used especially in newspapers)a situation in which a lot of people are anxious or frightened about sth
•a bomb/health scare
•recent scares about pesticides in food
•a scare story (= a news report that spreads more anxiety or fear about sth than is necessary)
•to cause a major scare
•scare tactics (= ways of persuading people to do sth by frightening them)
2. singular a sudden feeling of fear
• You gave me a scare!
• We've had quite a scare.
see also ↑scary

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.

Thesaurus:
scare noun C
•There was a bomb scare at the airport.
fright • • shock •
get/have/give sb a scare/fright/shock

Example Bank:
•I got quite a scare when the police called me.
•It wasn't a serious heart attack, but it gave him a terrible scare.
•The ad uses scare tactics to get people to stop smoking.
•The government used scare tactics to get parents to have their children vaccinated against the disease.
•a major health scare
•the scare over British beef
•the scare over bird flu
•Les had a health scare two years ago and was ordered to cut down on drinking.
•There was a bomb scare at the airport.