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1 scare
[skeə] 1. verb(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) φοβίζω,τρομοκρατώ2. noun1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) φόβος,τρομάρα2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) πανικός•- scared- scarecrow
- scaremonger
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2 Scare
v. trans.P. and V. φοβεῖν, ἐκφοβεῖν. ταράσσειν, ἐκπλήσσειν, διαπτοεῖν (Plat.), P. καταπλήσσειν, Ar. and P. καταφοβεῖν.——————subs.P. and V. φόβος, ὁ, ἔκπληξις, ἡ, δεῖμα, τό, δέος, τό; fear.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Scare
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3 scare
1) εκφοβίζω2) τρομάζω -
4 scare away/off
(to make go away or stay away because of fear: The birds were scared away by the dog.) διώχνω -
5 scare stiff
(to bore or frighten very much.) βαριέμαι ή τρομάζω μέχρι θανάτου -
6 (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
((to frighten) (almost) to the point of madness: The sight of the gun in his hand scared me out of my wits.) τρελαίνομαι, τρομάζω πάρα πολύEnglish-Greek dictionary > (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
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7 (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
((to frighten) (almost) to the point of madness: The sight of the gun in his hand scared me out of my wits.) τρελαίνομαι, τρομάζω πάρα πολύEnglish-Greek dictionary > (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
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8 make someone's flesh creep
(to scare or horrify someone.) κάνω κάποιον να ανατριχιάσει -
9 scarecrow
noun (a figure set up eg in a field, to scare away birds and stop them eating the seeds etc.) σκιάχτρο -
10 stiff
[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) δύσκαμπτος,σκληρός2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) πιασμένος3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) σφιχτός4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) δύσκολος,ζόρικος5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) δυνατός6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) τυπικός,ψυχρός,τσουχτερός•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
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11 watchdog
noun (a dog which guards someone's property etc: We leave a watchdog in our office at night to scare away thieves.) μαντρόσκυλο, σκυλί-φύλακας -
12 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) πνεύμα, χιούμορ2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) πνευματώδης άνθρωπος, χιομορίστας3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) εξυπνάδα, ευστροφία•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits
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Scare — Scare, n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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