scare

n 1: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic

in the stock market"; "a war scare" [syn: {panic}]

2: a sudden attack of fear [syn: {panic attack}]

v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building

frightens me" [syn: {frighten}, {fright}, {affright}]

2: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: {daunt},

{dash}, {scare off}, {pall}, {frighten off}, {scare away},

{frighten away}]