n 1: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic
in the stock market"; "a war scare" [syn: panic]
2: a sudden attack of fear [syn: panic attack]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me" [syn: frighten, fright, affright]
2: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away]