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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of scare
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English skerren < Old Norse skirra to frighten, derivative of skjarr timid, shy; (noun) late Middle English skere, derivative of the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM scare
scar·er, nounscar·ing·ly, adverbun·scared, adjectiveWords nearby scare
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British Dictionary definitions for scaring
scare
/ (skɛə) /
verb
to fill or be filled with fear or alarm
(tr; often foll by away or off) to drive (away) by frightening
(tr) US and Canadian informal (foll by up)
- to produce (a meal) quickly from whatever is available
- to manage to find (something) quickly or with difficultybrewers need to scare up more sales
noun
a sudden attack of fear or alarm
a period of general fear or alarm
adjective
causing (needless) fear or alarma scare story
Derived forms of scare
scarer, nounWord Origin for scare
C12: from Old Norse skirra; related to Norwegian skjerra, Swedish dialect skjarra
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