verb
Meaning 1
To cause (something) to flee by frightening it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- A quick growl scared off the mouse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
scare off
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verb
Meaning 2
To deter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The hefty price tag scared off any potential buyers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
cause to lose courage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dashed by the refusal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daunt, dash, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intimidate, restrain
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: verscheuchen — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Polish: odstraszać — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Polish: odstraszyć — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Russian: отпу́гивать (otpúgivatʹ) — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Russian: отпугну́ть (otpugnútʹ) — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Russian: спу́гивать (spúgivatʹ) — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Russian: спугну́ть (spugnútʹ) — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Spanish: espantar — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Spanish: aspaventar — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Spanish: ahuyentar — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Spanish: zalear — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Spanish: amontar — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Swedish: skrämma bort — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Swedish: skrämma iväg — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Turkish: ürkütmek — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Ukrainian: відля́кувати (vidljákuvaty) — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Ukrainian: відляка́ти (vidljakáty) — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Welsh: tarfu — to cause something to flee by frightening it
- Hungarian: elriaszt — to deter
- Polish: odstraszać — to deter
- Polish: odstraszyć — to deter
- Russian: отпу́гивать (otpúgivatʹ) — to deter
- Russian: отпугну́ть (otpugnútʹ) — to deter
- Spanish: espantar — to deter
- Spanish: ahuyentar — to deter
- Swedish: skrämma bort — to deter
- Swedish: skrämma iväg — to deter
- Ukrainian: відля́кувати (vidljákuvaty) — to deter
- Ukrainian: відляка́ти (vidljakáty) — to deter