Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scare someone out of their mind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: scare -some-one out of their -mind
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of scare someone out of their wits (“to frighten greatly”).

Example Sentences

"He scared me out of my mind, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that."
"That spirit told me there was little choice except to scare me out of my mind enough to open it to the rest of my being."
"You come in here and scare me out of my mind during this awful storm, and then you have the audacity to say you're sorry and you didn't mean to scare me."
"What does scare me out of my mind is that she'll pass me over for someone closer to her own age before she gives me a chance."

Inflected Forms

scares someone out of their mind (present, singular) scaring someone out of their mind (participle, present) scared someone out of their mind (participle, past) scared someone out of their mind (past)

Synonyms

scare someone out of their wits

Questions

What does scare someone out of their mind mean?: Synonym of scare someone out of their wits (“to frighten greatly”).

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