scare in WordNet English dictionary

1. cause fear in
   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
   frighten  fright  scare  affright 
   
2. cause to lose courage
   "dashed by the refusal"
   daunt  dash  scare off  pall  frighten off  scare away  frighten away  scare 
   

1. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
   "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
   panic  scare 
   
2. a sudden attack of fear
   scare  panic attack