(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) Very frightened, terrified.

(idiomatic) Extremely frightened

plural of scare quote

(chiefly in the plural) A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a direct quotation.

To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.

(idiomatic) To be in a state of fearful alarm.

(idiomatic) A rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety.

(transitive) To cause (something) to flee by frightening it. / (transitive) To deter

Indicates that the speaker is scared.

Fearmongering on the topic of a rise in communism that will threaten Western nations, especially from Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc in the past, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc. but also from any leftist movement.