scare
/skeə(r)/verb
उच्चारण स्केअर
डराना, भयभीत करना
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[T] ~ sb
to frighten somebody
डराना, भयभीत करना
- The sudden noise scared the baby.
- You scared me; I thought you were a thief.
- Loud thunder scares my little sister.
+ 2 more examples
- Don't scare the birds away from the feeder.
- The film scared me so much that I could not sleep.
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[I]
to become frightened
डर जाना
- She does not scare easily.
- Cats scare easily when they hear loud fireworks on Diwali night.
- Horses scare easily in a crowd.
+ 2 more examples
- He does not scare easily, even in the dark.
- Some children scare when they hear a dog bark.
Synonyms take fright be frightened
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[C, usually sing.]
a sudden feeling of fear
डर, भय, दहशत (अचानक)
- You gave me a scare, jumping out like that.
- The sudden power cut gave us all a scare.
- The earthquake gave everyone a bad scare.
+ 2 more examples
- That was a real scare; I thought I had lost my wallet.
- We had a scare when the lift suddenly stopped.
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[C]
a situation in which many people are afraid of something, often because of a rumour
दहशत, अफ़वाह से फैला डर
- a bomb scare at the station
- the food-poisoning scare that closed the canteen
- There was a health scare in the town after the water became dirty.
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- A flu scare closed many schools for a week.
- The rumour caused a panic scare in the market.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
scare + sb (verb)
As a verb, scare takes a person as object; the thing is the subject.
क्रिया के रूप में 'scare' के साथ व्यक्ति object होता है; डराने वाली चीज़ subject।
- The loud noise scared the children.
- Don't scare the cat.
be scared of / be scared to
The adjective scared is followed by of before a noun or an -ing form, and by to before a verb.
Adjective 'scared' के बाद noun या -ing रूप से पहले 'of' और verb से पहले 'to' आता है।
- Radhika is scared of the dark.
- He was scared to speak in class.
scare sb away / off; scare sb into doing sth
Scare away means to frighten something so that it leaves; scare into means to force by fear.
'Scare away' का अर्थ डराकर भगाना है; 'scare into' का अर्थ डराकर किसी से कुछ करवाना।
- The farmer scared the birds away.
- They scared him into signing the paper.
a scare (noun) / a health scare
As a noun, a scare is a sudden fear or a widespread worry, often caused by a rumour.
Noun के रूप में 'a scare' अचानक भय या अफ़वाह से फैली व्यापक चिंता है।
- The rumour of a flood caused a scare in the village.
scared stiff / scared to death
These fixed phrases mean extremely frightened; the first word is the adjective scared.
ये स्थिर वाक्यांश अत्यधिक भयभीत का अर्थ देते हैं; पहला शब्द adjective 'scared' है।
- Radhika was scared stiff before the viva.
+Collocations 5
adverb + scare
easilybadlyreallynearlycompletely
- The thunder really scared my little sister.
verb + scare
get agive sb acause aspread ahave a
- You gave me a scare by shouting like that.
scare + noun
storytacticsquotescrowcampaign
- The farmer put up a scarecrow in his field.
kind of scare
healthbombsecurityfireflood
- A bomb scare closed the station for an hour.
scared + preposition
scared ofscared forscared to deathscared about
- I am scared for my brother who is travelling alone.
“More examples 6
- The sudden knock at midnight scared Radhika.
आधी रात की अचानक दस्तक ने राधिका को डरा दिया।
- Do not scare the little ones with ghost stories.
छोटे बच्चों को भूत की कहानियों से मत डराओ।
- The dog scared the thieves away.
कुत्ते ने चोरों को डराकर भगा दिया।
- There was a bird flu scare in the poultry market.
मुर्गी बाज़ार में बर्ड फ़्लू की आशंका फैल गई।
- He scares easily, so don't show him horror films.
वह जल्दी डर जाता है, इसलिए उसे डरावनी फ़िल्में मत दिखाओ।
- The doctor said there was no need to scare patients before the test.
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि जाँच से पहले मरीज़ों को डराने की ज़रूरत नहीं है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I am scared from dogs.
✓ I am scared of dogs.
Scared takes of, not from.
'Scared' के साथ 'of' आता है, 'from' नहीं।
✗ The film was very scared.
✓ The film was very scary.
Use scary for the thing that frightens and scared for the person.
डराने वाली चीज़ के लिए 'scary' और डरे हुए व्यक्ति के लिए 'scared' आता है।
✗ She scared to the cat.
✓ She scared the cat.
Scare is transitive and takes no preposition.
'Scare' सकर्मक है और इसके साथ preposition नहीं आता।
¶Idioms 1
scare the life/daylights/wits out of sb
to frighten somebody very much
बुरी तरह डरा देना, जान निकाल देना
- The crash scared the life out of us.
→Phrasal verbs 2
scare sb away/off
to make somebody or an animal go away by frightening them
डराकर भगा देना
- The dog scared off the monkeys.
scare sb into doing sth
to make somebody do something by frightening them
डराकर कुछ करवाना
- The agent scared the old couple into signing the papers.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep apart scare (frighten) and scar (a healed wound; to mark).
Scare (डराना) और scar (भरे घाव का निशान; निशान डालना) को अलग रखिए।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Scare the life out of, a scare story, a scarecrow (a figure to scare birds from crops).
Idioms: scare the life out of, a scare story, a scarecrow (फसल से पक्षी भगाने का पुतला)।