scare – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of scare

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to scare
Participle: scared
Gerund: scaring

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iscare
youscare
he;she;itscares
wescare
youscare
theyscare

Perfect

Ihave scared
youhave scared
he;she;ithas scared
wehave scared
youhave scared
theyhave scared

Past

Iscared
youscared
he;she;itscared
wescared
youscared
theyscared

Pluperfect

Ihad scared
youhad scared
he;she;ithad scared
wehad scared
youhad scared
theyhad scared

Future

Iwill scare
youwill scare
he;she;itwill scare
wewill scare
youwill scare
theywill scare

Future Perfect

Iwill have scared
youwill have scared
he;she;itwill have scared
wewill have scared
youwill have scared
theywill have scared

Subjunctive

Present

Iscare
youscare
he;she;itscare
wescare
youscare
theyscare

Perfect

Ihave scared
youhave scared
he;she;ithave scared
wehave scared
youhave scared
theyhave scared

Imperfect

Iscared
youscared
he;she;itscared
wescared
youscared
theyscared

Pluperfect

Ihad scared
youhad scared
he;she;ithad scared
wehad scared
youhad scared
theyhad scared

Conditional

Present

Iwould scare
youwould scare
he;she;itwould scare
wewould scare
youwould scare
theywould scare

Perfect

Iwould have scared
youwould have scared
he;she;itwould have scared
wewould have scared
youwould have scared
theywould have scared

Imperative

youscare
weLet's scare
youscare

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam scaring
youare scaring
he;she;itis scaring
weare scaring
youare scaring
theyare scaring

Perfect

Ihave been scaring
youhave been scaring
he;she;ithas been scaring
wehave been scaring
youhave been scaring
theyhave been scaring

Past

Iwas scaring
youwere scaring
he;she;itwas scaring
wewere scaring
youwere scaring
theywere scaring

Pluperfect

Ihad been scaring
youhad been scaring
he;she;ithad been scaring
wehad been scaring
youhad been scaring
theyhad been scaring

Future

Iwill be scaring
youwill be scaring
he;she;itwill be scaring
wewill be scaring
youwill be scaring
theywill be scaring

Future Perfect

Iwill have been scaring
youwill have been scaring
he;she;itwill have been scaring
wewill have been scaring
youwill have been scaring
theywill have been scaring

Conditional

Present

Iwould be scaring
youwould be scaring
he;she;itwould be scaring
wewould be scaring
youwould be scaring
theywould be scaring

Perfect

Iwould have been scaring
youwould have been scaring
he;she;itwould have been scaring
wewould have been scaring
youwould have been scaring
theywould have been scaring

Other

Verbs similar to 'scare'

care, scale, scape, scar, scarf, scarp, scart, score, share, snare,

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk 'skjerra', Swedish 'skjarra'.

Verbs referencing "scare"

English scunner.

Sample Sentences

  • “ The long and short is, you 're scared, Marks; but I can't help that,—you 've got to go. Suppose you want to lie by a day or two, till the gal ’ s been carried on the underground line up to Sandusky or so, before you start. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] did in Spain; pimping and pandering for all degrees of vicious taste, and gorging with coined lies the most voracious maw; imputing to every man in public life the coarsest and the vilest motives; scaring away from the stabbed and prostrate body-politic, every Samaritan of clear conscience and good deeds; and setting on, with yell and whistle and the clapping of foul hands, the vilest vermin and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ You don't believe in ghosts, do you, Cass ? ” said he, taking the tongs and settling the fire. “ I thought you'd more sense than to let noises scare _you_. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • You need to hit it right in the neck. Okay, Dad. JAMIE: You scared ? (28 Years Later)
  • Julie! Oh, my little Julie! Mum. It's mum. Oh, Julie! I was scared. I looked everywhere for you. (Happy Easter)
  • [ eerie notes, groaning ] I ain't scared of you. You 're just a figment of my imagination. (Mr. Buzzkill)
  • Don't be scared. It's bright inside. Wrong way! It's to the left. (Busted Water Pipes)
  • then, like, yeah. But at the same time, I 'm not scared of it. (Saquon)
  • So that he could look down the barrel of the gun and be more scared. - Okay, yeah, I thought you said " fire. " - You shot David ! (Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer)
  • Hey, I was joking. Mohini ! I guess I scared her. (Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)
  • ... there is no place. Sir, we are scared. Leave us. We will go home. (Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)
  • Why are you scared, man ? You were the one who started all this with Ganesha's Grace ! (Magudam)