Usually means: Causes feelings of fear, anxiety.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. scares: Merriam-Webster
  2. scares: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scares: Vocabulary.com
  4. Scares, scares: Wordnik
  5. scares: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scares: Wiktionary
  7. scares: Dictionary.com
  8. scares: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Scares: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. scares: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scares: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SCARES: Acronym Finder
  2. scares: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scares: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See scare as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (scare)

noun:  A minor fright.
noun:  A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
noun:  A device or object used to frighten.
verb:  To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
adjective:  lean; scanty
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