1.  scare(n = noun.state) panic - 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"
is a kind of anxiety, anxiousness
has particulars: red scare
Derived forms verb scare₂, adjective scarey₁

2.  scare(n = noun.feeling) panic attack - a sudden attack of fear;
is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
Derived forms verb scare₁, adjective scarey₁

1.  scare(v = verb.emotion) affright, fright, frighten - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
is one way to excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
Derived forms noun scare₂, noun scarer₁
Sample sentences: Sam cannot scare Sue ; The bad news will scare him

2.  scare(v = verb.emotion) dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
is one way to intimidate, restrain
Derived form noun scare₁
Sample sentences: The performance is likely to scare Sue

   To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. [1913 Webster]
"The noise of thy crossbow
Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost." [1913 Webster]

   Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [1913 Webster]

scare, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us).
2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. by of, or to + infin.) frightened; terrified (scared of his own shadow).
3 tr. (usu. foll. by away, off, up, etc.) drive away by frightening.
4 intr. become scared (they don't scare easily).
--n.
1 a sudden attack of fright (gave me a scare).
2 a general, esp. baseless, fear of war, invasion, epidemic, etc. (a measles scare).
3 a financial panic causing share-selling etc.

Idiom:
scaredy-cat colloq. a timid person. scare-heading (or -head) a shockingly sensational newspaper headline. scare up (or out) esp. US
1 frighten (game etc.) out of cover.
2 colloq. manage to find; discover (see if we can scare up a meal).

Derivative:
scarer n.

Etymology:
ME skerre f. ON skirra frighten f. skjarr timid

N  fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence, apprehensiveness, fearfulness, solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving, feeze, mistrust, suspicion, qualm, hesitation, nervousness, restlessness, inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern, batophobia, heartquake, flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency, despair, fright, affright, affrightment, boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses), intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear, bugaboo, scarecrow, hobgoblin, nightmare, Gorgon, mormo, ogre, Hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire, enfant terrible, alarmist, fearing, frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of, afeard, afraid, fearful, timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, coy, faint- hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety, more frightened than hurt, aghast, awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear, alarming, formidable, redoubtable, perilous, portentous, fearful, dread, dreadful, fell, dire, direful, shocking, terrible, terrific, tremendous, horrid, horrible, horrific, ghastly, awful, awe-inspiring, revolting, Gorgonian, in terrorem, Int, angels and ministers of grace defend us!, ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, a dagger of the mind, expertus metuit, fain would I climb but that I fear to fall, fear is the parent of cruelty, Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire, omnia tuta timens, our fears do make us traitors.

VB  fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms, apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust, hesitate, falter, funk, cower, crouch, skulk, let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would' take fright, take alarm, start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink, fly, tremble, shake, shiver, shiver in one's shoes, shudder, flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over, quake, quaver, quiver, quail, grow pale, turn pale, blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise apprehensions, be in a daze, bulldoze, faze, feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay, fright, frighten, terrify, astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses, awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble, haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear, terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage, browbeat, bully, threaten.

red scare, scare away, scare off, scare quote, scare up