scare
A minor frightA minor fright.
» Don't be scared of making mistakes.
Не бойтесь ошибаться.
Не бойся делать ошибки.
Не бойтесь совершать ошибки.
Не бойся совершать ошибки.
Не бойся ошибаться.
Не бойтесь делать ошибки.
Не бійтеся помилятися.
Не бійся помилятися.
Не бійтеся робити помилки.
Meaning
3 sensesA minor fright.
Johnny had a bad scare last night.
Schreck
испу́гispúg, страхstrax, па́никаpánika
A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.
a food-poisoning scare
пу́галоpúgalo, жу́пелžúpel
A device or object used to frighten.
- a sudden attack of fear
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
Examples
3150 sentencesDon't be scared of making mistakes.
Не бійтеся помилятися.
ruНе бойтесь ошибаться.
There's nothing to be scared of.
Немає чого боятися.
ruБояться нечего.
deDa ist nichts, was man fürchten muss.
I didn't say I was scared.
Я не сказала, що я боюся.
ruЯ не говорил, что мне страшно.
Tom was scared to go outside.
Тому було лячно йти на вулицю.
ruТом боялся выходить на улицу.
Tom had to have been scared.
Том, мабуть, був наляканий.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).
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Forms
plural: scaresSynonyms
3 synonyms- a sudden attack of fear:panic attack
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events:panic
Word family
22 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- is scared of
- too scared to
- was too scared
- was scared to
- trying to scare
- scared to do
- scared of snakes
- as scared as
- really scared
- was really scared
- scared to go
- not scared of