Present participle for to approach, attack or accost a person, situation or environment in an extremely violent and unrestrained manner, often with no thought about consequences

going snake

going on a rampage

losing it

hitting the roof

blowing your top

going ape

flying off the handle

going mad

going off the deep end

going through the roof

bursting a blood vessel

beginning to rant and rave

getting your dander up

frothing at the mouth

coming unglued

becoming irate

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

sending over the edge

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

throwing into a tizzy

burning up

agonizing^US

making waves

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

agonising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

disgruntling

paralysing^UK

affecting

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

paralyzing^US

making someone scratch their head

filling with consternation

hurting somebody's feelings

throwing into disarray

throwing cold water on

pouring cold water on

knocking the stuffing out of

taking the wind out of your sails

making one's hair stand on end

giving someone the blues

making sad

stopping someone in their tracks

scaring the pants off

devastating

scaring the bejesus out of

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the living daylights out of

putting the fear of God into

taking by surprise

electrifying

throwing into a blue funk

dampening spirits

making unhappy

causing to be at a stand

making one's blood run cold

making someone's hair stand on end

dampening the spirits of

shattering

scaring away

making someone fed up

snubbing

frightening to death

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

curdling the blood

chilling to the bone

putting out of countenance

putting someone off their stride

taking your breath away

making someone jump out of their skin

making someone shake in their shoes

throwing into a panic

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

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

dumping on

bringing tears to your eyes

filling with loathing

breaking the heart of

scaring the daylights out of

causing someone to lose their composure

fuddling

blinding someone with something

paralysing with fear

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

messing with one's head

balking^US

baulking^UK

frightening out of your wits

scaring the pants off of

shattering the illusions of

lobotomizing

casting a gloom on

befogging

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

rubbing up the wrong way

rankling with

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

treading on someone's toes

getting your goat

bullyragging

upsetting the applecart

mixing up

setting someone thinking

giving someone a fright

tyrannizing^US

harshing someone's mellow

hanging over

making desolate

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

giving someone the hump

tyrannising^UK

causing to lose heart

mau-mauing

leaning on

roiling

chilling to the marrow

pushing around

freezing your blood

shooting down

letting wind out of sails

knocking down

cutting down to size

puncturing balloon

taking down a peg or two

throwing into a fright

mispleasing

scaring someone half to death

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Present participle for to experience a hallucination

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Present participle for to feel great fear about something

panicking

overreacting

flapping

becoming panic-stricken

getting the heebie-jeebies

getting the screaming heebie-jeebies

going into a flat spin

losing it

running around like a headless chicken

coming apart

having an attack of the wobblies

running scared

having a fit

pushing panic button

shaking in your boots

flying off the handle

Verb

Present participle for to give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright

giving someone the creeps

making someone want to throw up

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

making your gorge rise

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Present participle for to behave erratically because of drugs

tweaking

withdrawing

behaving compulsively

Verb

Present participle for to give great joy, delight or pleasure to

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