Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scare straight
Participle: scared straight
Gerund: scaring straight
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scare straight |
| you | scare straight |
| he;she;it | scares straight |
| we | scare straight |
| you | scare straight |
| they | scare straight |
Perfect
| I | have scared straight |
| you | have scared straight |
| he;she;it | has scared straight |
| we | have scared straight |
| you | have scared straight |
| they | have scared straight |
Past
| I | scared straight |
| you | scared straight |
| he;she;it | scared straight |
| we | scared straight |
| you | scared straight |
| they | scared straight |
Pluperfect
| I | had scared straight |
| you | had scared straight |
| he;she;it | had scared straight |
| we | had scared straight |
| you | had scared straight |
| they | had scared straight |
Future
| I | will scare straight |
| you | will scare straight |
| he;she;it | will scare straight |
| we | will scare straight |
| you | will scare straight |
| they | will scare straight |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scared straight |
| you | will have scared straight |
| he;she;it | will have scared straight |
| we | will have scared straight |
| you | will have scared straight |
| they | will have scared straight |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scare straight |
| you | scare straight |
| he;she;it | scare straight |
| we | scare straight |
| you | scare straight |
| they | scare straight |
Perfect
| I | have scared straight |
| you | have scared straight |
| he;she;it | have scared straight |
| we | have scared straight |
| you | have scared straight |
| they | have scared straight |
Imperfect
| I | scared straight |
| you | scared straight |
| he;she;it | scared straight |
| we | scared straight |
| you | scared straight |
| they | scared straight |
Pluperfect
| I | had scared straight |
| you | had scared straight |
| he;she;it | had scared straight |
| we | had scared straight |
| you | had scared straight |
| they | had scared straight |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scare straight |
| you | would scare straight |
| he;she;it | would scare straight |
| we | would scare straight |
| you | would scare straight |
| they | would scare straight |
Perfect
| I | would have scared straight |
| you | would have scared straight |
| he;she;it | would have scared straight |
| we | would have scared straight |
| you | would have scared straight |
| they | would have scared straight |
Imperative
| you | scare straight |
| we | Let's scare straight |
| you | scare straight |
Verbs conjugated like 'scare'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scare'
care,
scale,
scape,
scar,
scarf,
scarp,
scart,
score,
share,
snare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear
- affright, alarm, fray, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold, scare straight, scare the bejeebers out of, scare the pants off of, terrify, terrorize, frighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
skjerra', Swedish '
skjarra'.
Verbs referencing "scare"
English
scunner.
Sample Sentences
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“ The long and short is, you 're scared, Marks; but I can't help that,—you 've got to go. Suppose you want to lie by a day or two, till the gal ’ s been carried on the underground line up to Sandusky or so, before you start. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies the most voracious maw; imputing to every man in public life the coarsest and the vilest motives; scaring away from the stabbed and prostrate body-politic, every Samaritan of clear conscience and good deeds; and setting on, with yell and whistle and the clapping of foul hands, the vilest vermin and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ You don't believe in ghosts, do you, Cass ? ” said he, taking the tongs and settling the fire. “ I thought you'd more sense than to let noises scare _you_. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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You need to hit it right in the neck. Okay, Dad. JAMIE: You scared ?
(28 Years Later)
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Julie! Oh, my little Julie! Mum. It's mum. Oh, Julie! I was scared. I looked everywhere for you.
(Happy Easter)
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[ eerie notes, groaning ] I ain't scared of you. You 're just a figment of my imagination.
(Mr. Buzzkill)
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Don't be scared. It's bright inside. Wrong way! It's to the left.
(Busted Water Pipes)
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then, like, yeah. But at the same time, I 'm not scared of it.
(Saquon)
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So that he could look down the barrel of the gun and be more scared. - Okay, yeah, I thought you said " fire. " - You shot David !
(Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer)
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Hey, I was joking. Mohini ! I guess I scared her.
(Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)
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... there is no place. Sir, we are scared. Leave us. We will go home.
(Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)
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Why are you scared, man ? You were the one who started all this with Ganesha's Grace !
(Magudam)