Sentence ending with -とでも


> Konna ikari ni warawa ga hirumu _**to demo?**_ (Fairy Tail manga)

In this sentence does that mean,

> Should I be scared/afraid of this (little) anger?  
>  (a humiliation/mocking intent is directed in this sentence)

or,

> Do I need to be scared of this kinda anger?




とでも、used at the end of a sentence, can turn the statement into a question with
a sentiment expressing resentment, astonishment, antagonism or just plain
emphasis.

> そんな[怒]{いか}りに[妾]{わらわ}が[怯]{ひる}むとでも？  
>  And you think that anger would make me flinch?

Examples:

> 「それが実証できるとでも？」  
>  `You're going to verify THAT?'

> あなたに言われないと分からないとでも？  
>  Like I need you to tell me that.

> 「ほかになりようがあるとでも？」と女王さま。  
>  'What would you have it?' said the Queen. (from Alice in Wonderland)

> 同性愛者ですが何か？それが犯罪だとでも？  
>  So what if I am gay? Is it a crime?

Source:

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と is the quoting particle, でも means "or something" (listing an example just as
in `お茶でもいかが？`), and the verb is omitted.

In this case it is `思った？`, but in other situations it might be `言うつもり？` or
something else.

> そんな怒りに妾が怯むとでも？  
>  (Did you think) that I would recoil from that kind of anger **or
> something**?

The "or something" can have various effects as it does in English,
trivializing the idea, emphasizing it, making it sound far-fetched or
ridiculous, etc.

As always, there are various ways to translate this and there is no need to be
absolutely literal, but とでも is nothing more or less than the sum of its parts.

