Scarer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scarer is a noun meaning One who, or that which, scares.
Meaning
One who, or that which, scares.
More Meanings
- Any of various devices for frightening birds away.
Example Sentences
The letter from a Raja is spotted with gold-leaf as a preservative, partly to divert the glance of fascination and partly because gold is a scarer of demons.
However, if a child tells a parent that someone “scares me,” it certainly doesn’t seem prudent to tell the alleged scarer what the child has confided to the parent, even if that parent “trusts” the baby sitter at this point.
Word Forms
- scarers
Synonyms for scarer
Depending on context, synonyms include frightener.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bird, shrieker, scaremongerer, screamer, screener, scatterer.
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