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overscare

overscare verb: to scare too much.

Verb

overscare (third-person singular simple present overscares, present participle overscaring, simple past and past participle overscared)

  1. To scare too much.

Forms of overscare

third-person singular presentoverscares
present participleoverscaring
past participleoverscared
pastoverscared

Origin of overscare

From over- + scare.

Questions about overscare

What does overscare mean?
Overscare means to scare too much.
What part of speech is overscare?
Overscare is a verb.
What is the past tense of overscare?
The past tense of overscare is overscared.

Words near overscare in the dictionary

  1. oversays
  2. overscale
  3. overscaled
  4. overscaling
  5. overscan
  6. overscare
  7. overscared
  8. overscares
  9. overscarf
  10. overscarfs
  11. overscaring

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