FRIGHTENS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word frightens. (close relations)
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| alarms | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • fear resulting from the awareness of danger • a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger • a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time verb • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | ||||||
| daunts | verbv | |||||
verb • cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | ||||||
| deters | verbv | |||||
verb • try to prevent; show opposition to • turn away from by persuasion | ||||||
| intimidates | verbv | |||||
verb • make timid or fearful • to compel or deter by or as if by threats | ||||||
| panics | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety • sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events verb • be overcome by a sudden fear • cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic | ||||||
| petrifies | verb, adverbv, adv | |||||
verb • cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright • change into stone • make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | ||||||
| scares | verbv | |||||
noun • sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events • a sudden attack of fear verb • cause fear in • cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | ||||||
| startles | verbv | |||||
noun • a sudden involuntary movement verb • to stimulate to action • move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | ||||||
| terrifies | verbv | |||||
verb • fill with terror; frighten greatly | ||||||
| unnerves | verbv | |||||
verb • disturb the composure of | ||||||
| affright | verbv | |||||
noun • an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety verb • cause fear in | ||||||
| fright | nounn | |||||
noun • an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) verb • cause fear in | ||||||
| scare | verbv | |||||
noun • sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events • a sudden attack of fear verb • cause fear in • cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | ||||||
