Usually means: Inducing fear or anxiety intentionally.
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  1. scaring: Merriam-Webster
  2. scaring: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scaring: Vocabulary.com
  4. Scaring, scaring: Wordnik
  5. scaring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scaring: Wiktionary
  7. scaring: Dictionary.com
  8. scaring: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Scaring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Scaring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Scaring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. scaring: FreeDictionary.org
  13. scaring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scaring: Legal dictionary

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  1. scaring: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scar)

noun:  A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
noun:  (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
noun:  Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
verb:  (transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
verb:  (intransitive) To form a scar.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
noun:  A cliff or rock outcrop.
noun:  A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
noun:  A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
noun:  A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
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