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outscare

outscare verb: to scare someone more than someone else.

Verb

outscare (third-person singular simple present outscares, present participle outscaring, simple past and past participle outscared)

  1. (transitive) To scare someone more than someone else.
    • When you think someone on your side may give in to the other side out of fear, trying to outscare the enemy might be a way to counteract this.2026 May 18 (last accessed), “Outscare the Enemy”, in TV Tropes, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2026

Forms of outscare

third-person singular presentoutscares
present participleoutscaring
past participleoutscared
pastoutscared

Origin of outscare

From out- + scare.

Questions about outscare

What does outscare mean?
Outscare means to scare someone more than someone else.
What part of speech is outscare?
Outscare is a verb.
What is the past tense of outscare?
The past tense of outscare is outscared.

Words near outscare in the dictionary

  1. outsaw
  2. outscam
  3. outscammed
  4. outscamming
  5. outscams
  6. outscare
  7. outscared
  8. outscares
  9. outscaring
  10. outscatter
  11. outscattered

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