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Adjective

Causing apprehension, fear or alarm

Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

Verb

Present participle for to frighten or cause fear in

Present participle for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state

Present participle for to warn in advance

Present participle for to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something)

Present participle for to state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone

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Adjective

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Causing apprehension, fear or alarm

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

unfavorable^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

environmentally unfriendly

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

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“He warned of the alarming rise in the rate of accidents over the last several years.”

Adjective

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Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

agonizing^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonising^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unfavorable^US

too horrible for words

defenceless^UK

defenseless^US

meager^US

meagre^UK

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

colorless^US

gray^US

grey^UK

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

colourless^UK

agonized^US

agonised^UK

not quite the done thing

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Verb

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Present participle for to frighten or cause fear in

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

scaring the bejesus out of

making someone's hair stand on end

scaring the living daylights out of

throwing into a panic

filling with fear

awing

aweing

scaring the pants off

putting the fear of God into

making one's hair stand on end

scaring witless

scaring someone out of their wits

perturbing

disquieting

throwing into a blue funk

consternating

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

giving someone goose pimples

cowing

frightening the living daylights out of

shaking

making one's blood run cold

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

curdling the blood

chilling to the bone

frightening the life out of

making teeth chatter

making someone jump out of their skin

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

frightening someone out of their wits

scaring the hell out of

scaring the life out of

filling with terror

scaring off

sending into a cold sweat

giving someone a fright

making someone shake in their shoes

freezing your blood

getting the wind up

chilling to the marrow

throwing into a fright

frightening out of your wits

scaring the pants off of

scaring the daylights out of

making someone jump out of his skin

giving someone a jolt

scaring someone half to death

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“I'm sure I alarm my friends just as Fred alarms me.”

Verb

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Present participle for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

agonizing^US

putting someone off their stroke

agonising^UK

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

throwing into a tizzy

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

causing someone to lose their composure

benumbing

electrifying

taking your breath away

taking the wind out of your sails

stopping someone in their tracks

becoming horror-stricken

becoming horror-struck

setting someone back on their heels

making someone scratch their head

grinding

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

filling with consternation

throwing into disarray

causing discomfort to

getting on one's nerves

blinding someone with something

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

sending over the edge

hurting somebody's feelings

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

making a mountain out of a molehill

dampening the spirits of

shattering

breaking one's heart

putting a damper on

causing to lose heart

putting out of countenance

antagonising^UK

putting someone off their stride

causing to be at a stand

knocking the stuffing out of

rubbing up the wrong way

turning off

getting on your nerves

getting under your skin

balking^US

baulking^UK

rattling one's cage

disaffecting

molesting

making self-conscious

giving someone the hump

teeing off

making someone see red

knocking over with feather

galvanizing^US

rubbing the wrong way

causing offense

galvanising^UK

bringing down

giving offence to

getting your hackles up

getting your dander up

making your blood boil

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

accosting

destroying

stinging

setting someone's teeth on edge

niggling at

nagging at

dampening spirits

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

grossing out

shaking out of your complacency

breaking the heart of

driving crazy

driving to distraction

driving you up the wall

catching one short

driving round the bend

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

putting to some trouble

upsetting the applecart

setting someone thinking

stirring

wearing

throwing into tizzy

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Verb

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Present participle for to warn in advance

putting on the qui vive

alerting about

cautioning about

giving advance warning

putting in the picture about

tipping someone the wink about

putting a bug in one's ear

notifying

telling

signaling^US

signalling^UK

putting in the picture

waking one up to

putting you on your guard

giving advance notice

psyching up

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Verb

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Present participle for to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something)

Verb

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Present participle for to state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone

making threats against

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