Past tense of scare
regular verb
The past tense of scare is scared. The past participle is also scared.
Forms of scare
| Base form (V1) | scare /skɛə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scared /skɛəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | scared /skɛəd/ |
| Present participle | scaring /ˈskɛː.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | scares |
Scared in a sentence
- The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.From the entry bam
- He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.From the entry hook
- Did you hear that? It scared the mess out of me.From the entry mess
- He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him.From the entry scared stiff
- He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.From the entry freaking
Meaning of scare
- noun A minor fright.
- noun A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.
- noun A device or object used to frighten.
Questions about the past tense of scare
- What is the past tense of scare?
- The past tense of scare is scared.
- What is the past participle of scare?
- The past participle of scare is scared.
- Is scare a regular or irregular verb?
- Scare is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scare (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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