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cave as fast as I could. 2 scare up. scrape together or up,
find, gather, collect, raise, dig up, get, come by, scrounge
(up): I can't scare up that much money in one day!
--n. 3 fright, shock, surprise, start: I had a terrible scare
when I saw what I thought was blood.
scared adj. frightened, alarmed, afraid, appalled, shocked, terrified,
horrified, startled: Don't be scared, I won't hurt you.
scary adj. frightening, eerie, terrifying, frightful, hair-raising,
unnerving, blood-curdling, horrifying, spine-chilling,
intimidating, daunting; horrendous, horrid, horrible, creepy,
crawly, Colloq spooky: Aren't you afraid to watch scary movies
on TV when you're home alone?
scathing adj. searing, withering, damaging, harmful, severe, harsh,
stern, nasty, biting, acrid, acrimonious, mordant, incisive,
cutting, sharp, keen, virulent, vitriolic, acid, scorching,
burning, fierce, savage, ferocious: She was totally unprepared
for the critics' scathing attack on her book.
scatter v. 1 spread, diffuse, shower, litter, sprinkle, strew,
circulate, distribute, disseminate, sow, broadcast: As the
seeds of dissent were scattered far and wide, we became aware of
a ground swell of hatred for the regime. 2 disperse, separate,
dissipate, dispel, disband, break up, go off: My notes were
scattered all over the floor. Immediately after dividing up the
loot, the gang scattered to the four winds.
scatterbrained
n. hare-brained, rattle-headed, rattle-brained, frivolous,
flibbertigibbet, giddy, dazed, flighty, wool-gathering, Colloq
dippy, dizzy, dopey or dopy, slap-happy: It irritates me to
think that our lives might depend on such a scatterbrained fool.
scattering
n. smattering, sprinkling, trifle, bit, suggestion, soup‡on,
hint: It is true, there was a scattering of rebellious
sentiment in the town.
scenario n. 1 (master or ground or floor) plan, (grand) scheme, plot,
schema, design, outline, layout, framework, structure; sequence