Word "SCARE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
cause fear in
Synonyms:
affright, fright, frighten

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
Synonyms:
panic
Examples:
a war scare
a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a sudden attack of fear
Synonyms:
panic attack

Crossword Clues for SCARE

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Frighten (5) Mirror Quick 10 Jul 2025
Races round in shock (5) Mirror Cryptic 10 Jul 2025
Frighten The Telegraph Plusword 05 Jul 2025
The car's jolted at one point, giving you a fright (5)
Cause fear or nervousness in (5)
Frighten(5)
Alarm's component in sports car exploded (5)
Spook someone
Moral panic of the McCarthy years
Make quake Wall Street Journal 12 Jun 2025
Frighten Thomas Joseph 29 May 2025
Frighten The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 May 2025
Frighten someone
Spook Thomas Joseph 23 May 2025
Trapped in his car, Elsie got a fright (5)
Alarm The Telegraph Quick 19 May 2025
Frighten Thomas Joseph 12 May 2025
Widespread alarm
Freak out LA Times Daily 22 Apr 2025
False alarm Newsday 20 Apr 2025
Spook someone
Tony's car even included alarm (5)
Give a fright
Frighten Wall Street Journal 07 Apr 2025
Jump ___ (technique in "Insidious")
Close shave LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2025
Rid of the hiccups, in a way
"Let's ___ Jessica to Death"; horror film
Supposed cure for the hiccups
Small car with eastern alarm (5)
Frighten The Telegraph Plusword 12 Mar 2025
Mark gives second-year a fright
___ tactic (strategy that induces fear) Universal 04 Mar 2025
"Let's Jessica to Death': Zohra Lampert horror movie
Alarmingly, it brings insecure cares (5)
Frighten Mirror Classic 20 Feb 2025
Give goosebumps to USA Today 06 Feb 2025
Intimidate TV 26 Jan 2025
Frighten The Telegraph Plusword 14 Jan 2025
Races round in shock Mirror Cryptic 09 Jan 2025
Frighten Mirror Quick 09 Jan 2025
Cause alarm LA Times Daily 05 Jan 2025
Frighten The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Jan 2025
Petrify Eugene Sheffer 03 Jan 2025
Alarm Wall Street Journal 28 Dec 2024
Fill with terror
Haunted house offering
Frighten the small mind (5)
Frighten Newsday 16 Dec 2024
Acres involved in shock (5)
Fright at discovering vehicle in the South-east (5)
Frighten USA Today 02 Dec 2024
Dismay at second caution The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2024
Frighten The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2024
Startle someone, say
Frighten Commuter 23 Nov 2024
Halloween habit
State of alarm (5)
Frighten Mirror Tea Time 06 Oct 2024
Frighten Mirror Quick 27 Sep 2024
Races round in shock Mirror Cryptic 27 Sep 2024
Petrify LA Times Mini 22 Sep 2024
Run inside. Bad case of fright (5)
Close call LA Times Daily 29 Aug 2024
Work in a haunted house, say
Frighten Mirror Classic 22 Aug 2024
Frighten Thomas Joseph 19 Aug 2024
Run in case you set off the alarm (5)
Give a fright
Startle vehicle in South East (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 11 Aug 2024
Startle vehicle in South East (5) The Guardian Quick 11 Aug 2024
Startle vehicle in South East (5) The Guardian Quick 10 Aug 2024
Startle vehicle in South East (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 10 Aug 2024
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 08 Aug 2024
Phenomenon allegorized in "The Crucible" New York Times 28 Jul 2024
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 10 Jul 2024
Prefix with "crow" for a field mannequin
Nasty mark on end of toe is a big worry (5) The Guardian Cryptic 01 Jul 2024
__ quotes LA Times Daily 22 Jun 2024
Frighten The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Jun 2024
Disorganised races cause alarm (5)
Frighten USA Today 17 Jun 2024
Spook someone
Close call New York Times 09 Jun 2024
Daunt from taking the car into the Kentish area (5)
Frighten Commuter 06 Jun 2024
Cares about alarm (5)
Spook Thomas Joseph 29 May 2024
Find with difficulty (with "up")
After a loss Caesar might turn and frighten one (5)
Frighten Commuter 17 May 2024
Cause to jump, maybe LA Times Daily 07 May 2024
Frighten LA Times Daily 06 May 2024
Two points about the car alarm (5)
Frighten Thomas Joseph 26 Apr 2024
A touch of panic
Spook someone
Trouble with races? What a fright! (5)
Frightening incident The Times Concise 09 Apr 2024
Races around to frighten (5)
Some things in Madagascar evidently will frighten you (5)
Frighten Commuter 22 Mar 2024
Fright disturbed races (5)
Close call New York Times 13 Mar 2024
"Let's ___ Jessica to Death"; 1971 horror movie
Panic at the races (5)
In case pouring rain should frighten (5)
Jump ___ (horror trope)
Terrify Mirror Quick 23 Feb 2024
Frighten cares away Mirror Cryptic 23 Feb 2024
Frighten Thomas Joseph 19 Feb 2024
Shock causing alarming real emotion, initially (5)
Shock causing alarming real emotion, initially The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Feb 2024
Frighten off races (5)
Locate with difficulty (with "up")
Prefix with "crow" for a crop-protecting field mannequin
Startle Universal 29 Jan 2024
Close call Newsday 18 Jan 2024
Try to cure the hiccups of
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 27 Dec 2023
Suppressing a scream, am leaving. It's frightening (5)
Haunted house result, maybe
Startle someone, say
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 01 Nov 2023
Heart quickener Wall Street Journal 30 Sep 2023
Alarm Thomas Joseph 23 Sep 2023
Say "Boo!" to, perhaps Universal 21 Sep 2023
Prefix with "crow" for a mannequin on a crop field
Frighten USA Today 29 Aug 2023
Alarm Thomas Joseph 23 Aug 2023
Give a fright LA Times Daily 20 Aug 2023
Near miss New York Times 20 Aug 2023
Fill with fright
Horrify Family Time 25 Jun 2023
Haunted house result
Do a haunted house job, say
Jump ___ (horror movie tactic)
Alarming situation USA Today 16 Apr 2023
Alarm New York Times 06 Apr 2023
Lead-in to "crow" for a crop-protecting mannequin
Frighten USA Today 11 Mar 2023
Give a fright USA Today 24 Feb 2023
Frighten Newsday 15 Feb 2023
Frighten Eugene Sheffer 28 Jan 2023
Spook someone
Frighten Newsday 27 Dec 2022
Frighten Newsday 21 Dec 2022
Heart quickener Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 2022
Spook Thomas Joseph 18 Nov 2022
Narrow escape Newsday 10 Nov 2022
Close one New York Times 01 Nov 2022
Frighten Thomas Joseph 18 Oct 2022
Alarm LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2022
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2022
Frighten Newsday 09 Aug 2022
Frighten Newsday 03 Aug 2022
Frighten Newsday 20 Jul 2022
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 11 Jul 2022
Heart quickener Wall Street Journal 15 Jun 2022
Haunted house result
Induce fear in LA Times Daily 29 May 2022
Frighten USA Today 18 May 2022
Jump ___ (horror film technique) Universal 21 Apr 2022
Unnerve Wall Street Journal 10 Mar 2022
Alarm New York Times 10 Mar 2022
Frighten Newsday 01 Feb 2022
Haunted house result, maybe
Freak out New York Times 17 Nov 2021
Frighten Thomas Joseph 29 Oct 2021
Frighten Thomas Joseph 26 Oct 2021
Petrify Eugene Sheffer 23 Oct 2021
Word after "jump" or before "crow"
Frighten, alarm The Telegraph Quick 19 Sep 2021
Frighten USA Today 05 Sep 2021
Startle USA Today 03 Sep 2021
Give the creeps
Horror movie result, often
Spook someone
Unsightly mark on European causing fright
Close call LA Times Daily 11 May 2021
Close call The Washington Post 11 May 2021
Frighten LA Times Daily 10 May 2021
Frighten The Washington Post 10 May 2021
Frighten Irish Times Simplex 24 Apr 2021
Frightening event USA Today 26 Mar 2021
Petrify Eugene Sheffer 03 Mar 2021
Frighten Thomas Joseph 01 Mar 2021
Frighten USA Today 28 Feb 2021
Give a start New York Times 07 Feb 2021
Close call Newsday 17 Jan 2021
Close call New York Times 27 Dec 2020
Prefix with "crow" for a mannequin on a field
Society with a cause for worry in shock
Cause to jump, maybe LA Times Daily 14 Nov 2020
Cause to jump, maybe The Washington Post 14 Nov 2020
Evoke screams The Washington Post Sunday 08 Nov 2020
Panic New York Times 02 Nov 2020
Frighten The Telegraph Quick 30 Oct 2020
Yell "boo!" at Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2020
Frighten Universal 15 Aug 2020
Dismay at second caution The Sun Two Speed 14 Jun 2020
Frighten The Sun Two Speed 14 Jun 2020
Greatly frighten The Times Concise 12 Jun 2020
Alarm Thomas Joseph 18 Apr 2020
Frighten Eugene Sheffer 17 Apr 2020
Spook someone
Make afraid Premier Sunday 16 Feb 2020
Alarm, as in a haunted house The Washington Post Sunday 16 Feb 2020
Do a haunted house job Jonesin 31 Dec 2019
Cause for alarm Newsday 27 Dec 2019
Cause of an adrenaline rush USA Today 28 Nov 2019
Startle The Telegraph Quick 03 Nov 2019
Do a ghost’s job Wall Street Journal 30 Oct 2019
Hiccups cure, so they say LA Times Daily 29 Oct 2019
Hiccups cure, so they say The Washington Post 29 Oct 2019
Haunted house success Universal 15 Oct 2019
False alarm Newsday 04 Oct 2019
Narrow escape Newsday 12 Sep 2019
Cause of goose bumps New York Times 28 Aug 2019
Hiccup cure, it's said USA Today 24 Aug 2019
Word with quotes or pregnancy The New Yorker 05 Aug 2019
Another word for frighten
Fill with fear Newsday 16 Jul 2019
Jump ___ (fright technique in films) The Washington Post Sunday 07 Jul 2019
Strike terror into school management Irish Times Crosaire 06 Jul 2019
Goosebump raiser
17 pull son back, causing alarm
Fill with fear Wall Street Journal 04 May 2019
Aerial near-miss, e.g USA Today 11 Apr 2019
Shake up The New Yorker 18 Feb 2019
Chill to the bone Wall Street Journal 09 Feb 2019
Bit of sudden worry could provide one
Say 'Boo!' to, say USA Today 06 Jan 2019
Haunted house success
Hiccup cure, it's said
Say "Boo!" to, say
Cause of goose bumps
Hiccups cure, so they say
Chill to the bone
Do a ghost's job
Fill with fear
Aerial near-miss, e.g.
Spook someone
Achievement of horror film recognised in Oscar eventually
Fright New York Times 03 Dec 2018
Push to start Newsday 03 Nov 2018
What a false alarm may cause USA Today 04 Oct 2018
Spook someone
Hiccups cure, it's said USA Today 06 Aug 2018
Start vehicle and put it in a corner
__ tactic LA Times Daily 06 May 2018
__ tactic The Washington Post 06 May 2018
Frighten Newsday 17 Apr 2018
Sudden attack of fright is small worry
Frighten New York Times 12 Mar 2018
Horrify Premier Sunday 14 Jan 2018
Start small concern
__ tactic
What a false alarm may cause
Hiccups cure, it's said
Fright
Frighten
Frighten
It might make you start New York Times 26 Oct 2017
Frighten The Times Concise 25 Oct 2017
Small mind leads to hysteria
Cause to jump, in a way USA Today 03 Oct 2017
Second caution causes alarm The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Aug 2017
Hiccup cure, supposedly Wall Street Journal 26 Jul 2017
Frighten son with automobile emissions, at first
Alarm New York Times 25 Jun 2017
Begins to sweat, cry aloud...about to panic
Work in a haunted house Family Time 18 Jun 2017
To frighten someone
Fill with fright Newsday 14 May 2017
Alarm The Washington Post 27 Apr 2017
Alarm LA Times Daily 27 Apr 2017
Close one LA Times Daily 22 Apr 2017
Close one The Washington Post 22 Apr 2017
Hiccups stopper Wall Street Journal 20 Apr 2017
Make jump Universal 25 Feb 2017
It might make you start
Cause to jump, in a way
Alarm
Close one
Alarm
Hair-raising experience New York Times 09 Nov 2016
Alarm The Telegraph Quick 07 Nov 2016
Hiccup cure, it's said New York Times 29 Sep 2016
Frighten (off) Newsday 28 Aug 2016
Cause to panic Universal 26 Aug 2016
Make quake Wall Street Journal 20 Aug 2016
Shock Mark with drug
Anti-Communist fervor New York Times 19 Jun 2016
With 90-Across, frighten away Premier Sunday 12 Jun 2016
Say "Boo!" to USA Today 07 Jun 2016
Hiccup cure, supposedly USA Today 01 Jun 2016
Hiccup cure, perhaps Wall Street Journal 21 Apr 2016
Sweat inducer LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2016
Near-miss, perhaps Universal 02 Apr 2016
Cow Newsday 05 Mar 2016
Tense situation Wall Street Journal 29 Jan 2016
Hiccup cure, it's said
Hair-raising experience
Say "Boo!" to
Hiccup cure, supposedly
Cause to panic
Yell 'boo!' at, say Wall Street Journal 26 Oct 2015
Rustle (up) LA Times Daily 27 Sep 2015
Cause to jump Wall Street Journal 11 Sep 2015
Close call USA Today 07 Sep 2015
Close call Universal 19 Jul 2015
Sudden alarm Newsday 10 Jul 2015
Close shave The Chronicle of Higher Education 29 May 2015
Cause trembling USA Today 07 May 2015
Work in a haunted house USA Today 10 Apr 2015
Spook Thomas Joseph 03 Apr 2015
Startle Premier Sunday 22 Feb 2015
Should have some horsepower in point to point for one of the jumps Irish Times Crosaire 10 Feb 2015
Startle
Close call
Fright The Telegraph Quick 01 Jan 2015
Work in a haunted house
Frighten
Close call
Cause trembling
Close shave
Frighten the bejeezus out of
Close call
Rustle (up)
Frighten
Cause to jump
Cause for alarm
Frighten
Sudden alarm
Yell "boo!" at, say
Evidence of damage to Spain
Cause alarm to
Spooky incident
Type of tactics
Force to start
Alarm
Near-miss, perhaps
Say "Boo!" to, perhaps
Sudden fright
Frighten
Terrify
Major Lazer "___ Me"
Give goosebumps to
Close shave
Close call
Close call
Startle
Close call
Word with "tactics" or "quotes"
Make quake
Benjamin Diamond "Little ___"
Freak out
Close call
"Eek!" inducer
Goosebump raiser
"Eek!" inducer
What Dangerous Toys tried to do
Throw into a panic
Cause to panic
Alarming situation?
Heart-pounding episode
Anxious moment
Startle
What this puzzle's theme words aim to do
Spook
Fill with fright
Spook
Goosebump raiser
Make quake
Near miss, perhaps
Close shave
Spook
Petrify
Shake up
Cause to jump, perhaps
Give the creeps
Find, with "up"
Alarming situation
Word before quotes or tactics
Give the creeps
Cow
Cause goose bumps, perhaps
Alarm
Alarming situation
Be an effective ghost
Startle
Cause alarm to
Close call
Say "Boo!" to, say
Cause to panic
Adrenaline producer
Startle
What Casper tries not to do
Oct. 31 goal
Alarm
Make jump
Close one
Frighten
Make jump
Say "Boo!" to
Evoke gasps
False alarm
Deter, with "off"
Frighten
Curl the hair of
Alarm
Instill fear in
Terrify
Close call
Cow
Hiccups cure, some say
Say "boo" to
Heart-stopping incident
10/31 sensation
Close call
Hair-raiser
Induce to jump
Period of panic
Kind of tactics
Spook
Alarm
Terrify
Heart-pounding event
False alarm
Give the willies
Give a start to
Close shave
__ up (gather)
Do "Boo!" to
Word with tactics or crow
Spook
Haunted house result
Turn white as a ghost, perhaps
__ up (gather, in a way)
Daunt
Give a start
Alarming situation
Spook
Give a start
Alarm
Close shave
What Casper tries not to do
Near miss, perhaps
Start
Heart-pounding episode
Supposed hiccups cure
Say "Boo," say
Frighten
Say "Boo," say
Supposed hiccups cure
Cause to start
Word with tactics or crow
Really frighten
Instill fear in
False alarm
Alarm
Cow
Shake up
Heart-stopping incident
Intimidate
Close shave
Throw a ___ into
Hiccup cure, supposedly
__ tactics
Say boo!
Startle
Fright
Goose bumps cause
Spook
Alarming situation
Cause to start
Goose bumps cause
Cause of blanching
Terrify
False alarm
Petrify
False alarm
Induce the jitters
Work in a haunted house
Alarm
Gather, with "up"
Goal of the "Scream" producers
___ tactics
Cause to jump
Unnerve
Fright
See 36-Down
Rustle (up)
Haunted house offering
Alarm
Frighten
Fright
Cause alarm to
Time of worry
Fill with fear
Fighten
Cause goosebumps
Fill with fear
Make jump
False alarm
Psych out
Horripilate
Intimidate
Terrify
Intimidate
Time of alarm
Be a bugbear
___ up (gather quickly)
Panic
Do some blockbusting
What bugbears do
Kind of crow or babe
Kind of babe or crow
Horrify
___ up (find)
Word with babe or head
Word with crow or head
Kind of tactic
Kind of crow or head
Word with head or crow
Cause goose pimples
Bomb ___
What ogres do
Crow of a kind
___ up (get with effort)
Word with babe or crow
Kind of crow
Type of headline
Kind of headline
Crow or head
Word with crow
False alarm.
A kind of crow.
Startle.
Fright.
Take alarm.
Panic.
Give a turn.
Take alarms.
Give a fright.
Provoke to panic.
Terrify.
Take fright.
Sudden alarm.
Attack of fright.
Sudden fright.
Raise or get (with "up").
Certain kind of crow
Alarm.
Frighten.
Intimidate.
Gather quickly (with "up").
Frightening rumor.
Shoo away.
Start
Cause heartquake.
Produce (with "up").
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