scaring

2 definitions • 5 examples

present participle of

to (make a person or animal) feel frightened:

Sudden noises scare her.

She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily.

He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened) by driving so fast.

Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried).

She scared the hell/life/living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree.