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Adjective

Causing concern and distress

Failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations

Causing surprising negative emotions

Present participle for to fill with alarm or depression

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Adjective

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Causing concern and distress

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

slight but persistent

difficult to understand

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Failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations

unfavorable^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

agonized^US

looking on the black side

agonised^UK

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Causing surprising negative emotions

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Present participle for to fill with alarm or depression

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

filling with consternation

throwing into a tizzy

throwing cold water on

amazing

jolting

frighting

pouring cold water on

putting someone off their stroke

knocking the stuffing out of

scaring the bejesus out of

overawing

wounding

humbling

taking the wind out of your sails

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

stopping someone in their tracks

burning up

putting the fear of God into

giving someone the blues

making sad

scaring the living daylights out of

making someone scratch their head

turning off

making one's hair stand on end

undermining

setting someone back on their heels

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

hectoring

harrying

moving

making someone's hair stand on end

balking^US

throwing into a panic

giving someone goose pimples

stinging

persecuting

scaring the pants off

scaring someone out of their wits

throwing into a blue funk

lying heavy on

making miserable

making unhappy

making one's blood run cold

electrifying

giving a hard time

grossing out

hurting somebody's feelings

making gloomy

dampening spirits

causing to be at a stand

baulking^UK

tyrannizing^US

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

deflating

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

dampening the spirits of

making someone fed up

tyrannising^UK

putting out of countenance

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

reducing to tears

pulling the rug from under

benumbing

making someone jump out of their skin

pulling the rug out from under

taking your breath away

putting someone off their stride

making someone shake in their shoes

sending into a cold sweat

scaring the life out of

scaring the hell out of

frightening the living daylights out of

frightening the life out of

frightening someone out of their wits

bringing tears to your eyes

filling with terror

blowing your mind

knocking for a loop

frightening out of your wits

breaking the heart of

blinding someone with something

messing with one's head

causing someone to lose their composure

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

setting someone thinking

scaring the pants off of

shattering the illusions of

hindering

knocking the wind out of

desiccating

throwing into a fright

chilling to the marrow

victimizing^US

giving someone the hump

harshing one's mellow

scaring someone half to death

making it hot for someone

putting the frighteners on

striking terror in

victimising^UK

making things hot for someone

giving someone a fright

rubbing up the wrong way

rankling with

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

treading on someone's toes

sending over the edge

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

upsetting the applecart

harshing someone's mellow

hanging over

making desolate

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

scaring the daylights out of

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

causing to lose heart

making a mountain out of a molehill

letting wind out of sails

knocking down

cutting down to size

puncturing balloon

taking down a peg or two

libeling^US

causing a few raised eyebrows amongst

libelling^UK

causing raised eyebrows

raising eyebrows amongst

dishonoring^US

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“The Midwest, however, has largely kept the faith, which dismays observers like Thomas Frank.”

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