scarer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6

Definition of scarer

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who, or that which, scares.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. One who, or that which, scares.
    “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.”
  2. Any of various devices for frightening birds away.

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Etymology

From scare + -er.

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