verb
definition
To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
example
Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
Examples of scaring in a Sentence
You're scaring me, Gabriel.
She missed but succeeded in scaring him back a step.
If scaring us was the case, they certainly were successful.
Sorry for scaring off Jonny.
She felt bad for scaring him but knew the alternative—people like Kris or Sasha finding out—would doom her.
He asked me to tell you he was sorry for scaring you.
He'd been afraid of scaring the beautiful redhead away if she saw he was free.
He wanted to say, you're scaring me now more than as a wolf, but thought better of it.
Her black hair and dark violet eyes leered at Axel, scaring him beyond reason.
Scaring off would-be muggers was all very well but I'd had enough of daffodil fever.
The slew of horror movies that has been thrown onto the screen are not about truly scaring the audience, but only startling them.
For example, there's a No Bang pack that's perfect for entertaining small children without scaring them.
I tried to stop my other cat from going near him when he's using the litter box, but I often end up scaring him too.
Injection therapy, also called sclerotherapy, is the injection of an irritating chemical that causes scaring at the site of the injection.
Scaring up a good time is what going out for Halloween is all about!
Clingy women, who are insecure about themselves and fixated on doing anything they can to get a guys attention, usually end up scaring potential partners away.
R.L. Stine and the Goosebumps books have been scaring kids from first grade to middle school.
Have fun with this extra special day where it is okay to have fun scaring people and grossing others out.
They're trendy and comfortable, and best of all, you can make a statement without scaring your grandmother.
Kyle, you're scaring me.
The religion is an undisguised animism, and all their frequent and elaborate ceremonies and festivals are aimed at exorcising and scaring spirits.
She felt bad for scaring him but knew the alternative—people like Kris or Sasha finding out—would doom her.