FRIGHTS Synonyms

• 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

• 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

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• affect with wonder

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• make timid or fearful

• to compel or deter by or as if by threats

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• be overcome by a sudden fear

• cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

• cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright

• change into stone

• make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• a sudden involuntary movement

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• fill with terror; frighten greatly

• disturb the composure of

• disturb the composure of

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• cause fear in

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• an anxious feeling

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement

• be uneasy or apprehensive about

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• the trait of being afraid

• cause fear in

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away