Read full poem →10 'Ho! Master Sam,' quoth Sandys' sprite,
'Write on, nor let me scare ye!
Forsooth, if rhymes fall not in right,
Dictionary Entry
A minor fright.
In a Sentence
“Johnny had a bad scare last night.”
Origin
Mid-15th century, from Old Norse skorr 'fear'.
Common Phrases
. scareaway scareoff scarescare redscare war
Related Words
Poetry examples for “scare”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And none or few to scare or chase the beast;
So that wild dog, and wolf and boar and bear
Read full poem →"Oh, the fire will scare them away all right, I believe. There isn't an
animal that doesn't dread fire. Always keep that in mind, Andy, when
Read full poem →Beating their heavy wings of owlish gray.
They scare the singing birds of earth away
As, greed-impelled, they circle threateningly,
Read full poem →And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past
To signal-fires, Oblivion's flight to scare;
And Youth, with still some single golden hair
Read full poem →he'd have written some jolly good books and 'ave made lots of money.
But no! This beastly Religion comes in with its scare of Hell fire
and back 'e goes to the priests and 'is prayers and 'is penances.
Read full poem →Wind-beat whitebeam! airy abeles set on a flare!
Flake-doves sent floating forth at a farmyard scare!—
Ah well! it is all a purchase, all is a prize.
Read full poem →Murders, that with affright
Scare school-boys from their play!
Read full poem →And small birds chirp and startle with affright;
Much doth it scare the superstitious wight,
Who dreams of sorry luck, and sore dismay;