scare quote scare off • scare-bear · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · scare quote · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology. Synonyms: scare quote. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 o latin small letter o U+006F q latin small letter q U+0071 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075