Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scare someone to death

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
scare -some-one -to death
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To frighten someone very much.

Inflected Forms

scares someone to death (present, singular) scaring someone to death (participle, present) scared someone to death (participle, past) scared someone to death (past)

Phrases

scare the pants off of scare out of one's wits scare the hell out of scare the hell out of someone

Frequently Paired Words

scare the pants off of scare out of one's wits scare the hell out of scare the hell out of someone

Questions

What does scare someone to death mean?
To frighten someone very much.

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