The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

news from the front was scanty. We received only scanty support
from the Arts Council. 2 skimpy, short, small, sparse, minimal,
meagre, in short supply, Colloq chiefly Brit thin on the ground:
Investor interest in the new share offering seemed to be scanty.
scapegoat n. victim, front, dupe, gull, cat's-paw, whipping-boy, Brit man
of straw, Aunt Sally, US straw man, Colloq fall guy, Slang
sucker: We have to find a scapegoat to take the punishment for
us.
scar n. 1 blemish, mark, damage, disfigurement, wound, injury,
scratch, mar, cut, burn, brand, cicatrix: Fortunately, the cut
is shallow and shouldn't leave a scar.
--v. 2 blemish, mark, damage, disfigure, wound, injure,
scratch, mar, cut, burn, brand; dent: The blow scarred him for
life.
scarce adj. scanty, scant, insufficient, inadequate, deficient,
wanting, lacking, rare, unusual, at a premium, in short supply,
meagre, few and far between, seldom met with, hard to come by,
Chiefly Brit thin on the ground: Good editors are very scarce.
scarcely adv. 1 hardly, barely, (only) just, not quite: He had scarcely
uttered the magic words when the rock split open. 2 (probably
or certainly or surely or definitely) not, in no way, not at
all, not in the least, by no means, on no account, under no
circumstances, nowise, Colloq US noway: I scarcely need remind
you that you are getting married tomorrow.
scarcity n. lack, want, need, paucity, dearth, insufficiency, shortage,
inadequacy, inadequateness: The teaching of foreign languages
is not improved by the scarcity of qualified teachers.
scare v. 1 frighten, alarm, startle, shock, dismay, daunt, appal,
give (someone) a shock or a fright, terrify, terrorize,
threaten, menace, cow, intimidate, horrify, US and Canadian
spook, Colloq scare the pants off, scare the life or the living
daylights or the hell out of, scare out of one's wits, make
one's hair stand on end, make one's flesh creep or crawl, give
one goose bumps or goose-pimples, US scare the bejesus out of,
Taboo slang scare or frighten the shit out of, scare shitless,
US scare shitty: A sudden noise scared me, and I ran out of the