scarehead /ˈskɛə(ɹ)hɛd/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An alarming or sensational headline.If then he makes a scarehead of it, and gets in three columns of space and as many photographs, it is his just reward. — 1910 verb1 •To write an alarming or sensational headline about.As soon as my dead body is found the newspapers will want to know why I did it. I'll tell them. And they may scarehead it as much as they like. — 1923 formsscareheaded · scareheading · scareheads