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What is another word for
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Adjective
Causing, or capable of causing, fear
Noun
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
Verb
Present participle for to scare or instill fear
Present participle for to be on the verge of transpiring, occurring or happening
Present participle for to stimulate into action
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Adjective
▲
Causing, or capable of causing, fear
scary
scaring
terrifying
petrifying
chilling
horrifying
alarming
appalling
daunting
formidable
fearsome
unnerving
eerie
dire
direful
dread
dreadful
fearful
forbidding
frightful
ghastly
harrowing
horrendous
horrible
intimidating
redoubtable
shocking
sinister
terrible
traumatic
bloodcurdling
creepy
menacing
nightmarish
perturbing
startling
worrying
disconcerting
disquieting
distressing
disturbing
horrid
spooky
hairy
upsetting
awful
baleful
dangerous
dismaying
eldritch
grim
gruesome
hideous
macabre
monstrous
blood-curdling
hair-raising
spine-chilling
spine-tingling
causing fear
horrific
grisly
threatening
ominous
atrocious
unsettling
lurid
distressful
unspeakable
foreboding
unpleasant
abominable
loathsome
revolting
troubling
worrisome
agitating
troublesome
severe
discomforting
nasty
disgusting
hellacious
painful
grievous
gloomy
depressing
repulsive
nerve-racking
offensive
wretched
woeful
sickening
irksome
terrific
difficult
execrable
morbid
grotesque
ghostly
dismal
vile
harsh
odious
weird
dark
grewsome
hostile
stressful
disagreeable
bad
miserable
unearthly
troublous
bleak
nightmare
abhorrent
agonizing
US
repellent
bitter
discouraging
fraught
grave
spookish
discomposing
hurtful
cruel
repugnant
evil
tormenting
hard
foul
awesome
ugly
from hell
agonising
UK
bodeful
unfortunate
outrageous
tragic
vicious
beastly
deplorable
detestable
heinous
godawful
discommoding
distasteful
vexing
ferocious
haunting
gut-wrenching
uncomfortable
off-putting
savage
annoying
irritating
objectionable
perplexing
calamitous
tragical
fierce
torturous
nagging
mean-looking
unpalatable
lousy
doleful
trying
sombre
UK
somber
US
sad
funereal
lamentable
harassing
dour
onerous
nerve-wracking
excruciating
aggravating
obnoxious
minatory
heartbreaking
mean
hellish
brutal
stark
bothersome
disheartening
ghoulish
galling
minacious
poor
insufferable
unlucky
nail-biting
sepulchral
hateful
nauseating
morose
cold
glowering
provoking
rotten
wearisome
gross
inhospitable
afflictive
uncanny
inconvenient
inhuman
eery
unutterable
black
fiendish
inauspicious
pitiless
brooding
overwhelming
awe-inspiring
heart-rending
terrorizing
US
heartrending
shuddersome
uneasy
terrorising
UK
solemn
lowering
regrettable
ill-boding
sullen
sick
gory
burdensome
louring
tiresome
poignant
toilsome
abysmal
glum
afflicting
uninviting
displeasing
laborious
embarrassing
saddening
intrusive
impeding
disruptive
consequential
pessimistic
austere
indescribable
cheerless
concerning
aggressive
portentous
jarring
doomy
ill
gut-churning
mysterious
imposing
tense
thrilling
anxious
strange
unfavourable
UK
serious
nervous
unfavorable
US
exciting
restless
hopeless
unpropitious
intimidatory
freakish
malignant
freaky
unfriendly
stern
demoralizing
US
dreaded
rough
affecting
desperate
disastrous
dreary
prophetic
uncertain
parlous
egregious
bizarre
vexatious
violent
confronting
nauseous
tough
melancholy
disappointing
depressive
demoralising
UK
melancholic
fiery
unhappy
sick-making
rugged
ruthless
merciless
callous
oppressed
unpleasing
sour
repellant
exhilarating
unwelcome
heart-breaking
venomous
tremendous
adverse
unhealthy
baneful
astounding
unwelcoming
pitiful
minatorial
evil-looking
oppressing
unsightly
suspenseful
electrifying
wild
suggestive of evil
haunted
apocalyptic
warning
desolate
flinty
astonishing
surprising
shadowy
oppressive
gruff
extreme
supernatural
amazing
stupefying
ungentle
unnatural
stunning
scowling
humourless
UK
humorless
US
unbearable
sober
drab
dispirited
shady
barbaric
mirthless
feral
unappealing
staggering
murderous
discomfiting
mutant
unreal
sorrowful
unlovely
tenebrous
untamed
awkward
death-obsessed
distorted
angry
bloodthirsty
devastating
unrestrained
malevolent
barbarous
dispiriting
obscene
impoverished
white-knuckle
despicable
brutish
steely
cutthroat
grody
unkind
wicked
uncontrollable
bewildering
enraged
anxiety provoking
God-awful
uncongenial
preternatural
inexpressible
adrenaline-charged
roller-coaster
unapproachable
bone-chilling
pulse-pounding
impressive
shivery
shuddery
Kafkaesque
striking
powerful
massive
gripping
unhospitable
gnarly
feared
taboo
phobic
disadvantageous
looming
thunderous
fateful
overpowering
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
much-feared
perilous
moody
unpardonable
abject
unforgivable
numbing
overhanging
approaching
treacherous
negative
lou
admonitory
disgustful
loathly
poverty-stricken
murky
lugubrious
drear
gray
US
mournful
dingy
grey
UK
distracting
tearing
untoward
barro
scandalous
punk
excessive
bloody
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
crummy
unsavory
US
mortifying
unthinkable
unmentionable
disgraceful
untold
undescribable
comminatory
cautionary
bullying
all-powerful
unsatisfactory
icky
stinking
unacceptable
sedate
undesirable
diabolical
unendurable
perverted
sanguinary
sulky
messed up
uncool
yukky
grotty
pathetic
yucky
mephitical
irritable
testing
troubled
revulsive
frustrating
unamusing
distressed
frowning
deeply distressing
forceful
forcible
inconceivable
unbelievable
unsavoury
UK
anguished
bloodletting
misshapen
malformed
unwholesome
unimaginable
twisted
unsafe
heartstopping
ineffable
contemptible
blood-and-guts
blood-and-thunder
extremely bad
rancid
noisome
fulsome
noxious
dodgy
spiteful
glaring
unhandsome
unbeautiful
unpretty
miscreated
unattractive
deformed
uncomely
jolting
too horrible for words
indescribably bad
beyond description
undefinable
indescribably wicked
indescribably evil
beyond words
much-dreaded
anxiety-inducing
flabbergasting
depraved
uncivilised
UK
rancorous
deadly
viperous
nefarious
villainous
rowdy
serpentine
malicious
uncivilized
US
abandoned
vindictive
dumbfounding
grumpy
indignant
temperamental
aggravated
surly
cantankerous
aggrieved
critical
taxing
extraordinary
crabby
blindsiding
panicky
unexpected
dumfounding
maddening
exasperating
remarkable
Gothic
gothic
spectral
other-worldly
unforeseen
chronic
anxious-making
sudden
irretrievable
furious
odd
queer
abnormal
curious
dramatic
superstitious
peculiar
paranormal
fantastic
crawly
rum
ghostlike
harmful
stirring
rip-roaring
stimulating
exhilarant
heart-pounding
breathtaking
hair-curling
rousing
unruly
fell
injurious
rabid
brute
unmerciful
pernicious
eye-opening
jaw-dropping
impetuous
raging
heartless
convulsive
truculent
delirious
deleterious
bestial
incessive
inhumane
remorseless
raving
sadistic
undomesticated
frantic
infuriated
crazed
mad
butcherly
rapacious
primitive
tigerish
biffo
aggers
malign
sinistrous
doomful
ill-omened
sorry
joyless
comfortless
pitiable
crushing
rueful
disconsolate
dejecting
dolorous
dolesome
lachrymose
heart-wrenching
piteous
moving
intense
heavy
forlorn
tear-jerking
plaintive
acute
touching
tearful
searing
intolerable
racking
damaging
exacting
afflicted
piercing
inferior
godforsaken
shameful
problematic
teary
sharp
prickly
stinging
very bad
detrimental
depressed
tortuous
blue
weighty
suffering
destructive
ruinous
grief-stricken
torturing
wrenching
tricky
hurting
inopportune
wounding
precarious
sticky
thorny
challenging
heartbroken
vehement
exquisite
shooting
downcast
stabbing
woebegone
dejected
ruthful
crestfallen
downhearted
sore
down
emotional
inadequate
low
wrong
peracute
penetrating
hazardous
paltry
despairing
substandard
arduous
lame
unsuitable
rubbish
too bad
unrelenting
inimical
smarting
punishing
aching
reprehensible
catastrophic
stiff
down in the mouth
raw
down in the dumps
harrying
blameworthy
despondent
ill-advised
burning
cutting
unpromising
shattering
grieving
hardhanded
sordid
biting
heavy-hearted
plangent
hefty
heartsick
scurvy
delicate
inconsolable
heartsore
deficient
mediocre
inappropriate
weak
subpar
suboptimal
unworthy
dolent
low-spirited
insufficient
desolating
elegiac
wack
wanting
crumby
plutonian
dissatisfactory
junky
Cimmerian
spartan
rigorous
niggling
bush
off
abusive
nocuous
nocent
disenchanting
damaged
scarring
unconducive
untimely
impactful
bush-league
no good
below par
not up to par
killing
tender
dirty
gnawing
unpopular
profound
regretful
sensitive
achy
dissatisfying
significant
to be pitied
tight
ignominious
undesired
keen
squalid
sorrowing
backbreaking
invidious
broken-hearted
mind-blowing
struggling
life-threatening
strong
cheap
weepy
brokenhearted
knotty
rough going
droopy
heavyhearted
hangdog
saddened
base
unwanted
intensive
filthy
indigent
scungy
imperfect
faulty
vulgar
problematical
ticklish
chancy
iffy
defective
chill
pressing
exigent
inadmissible
shoddy
tenebrific
discommodious
dreich
saturnine
cast down
scabrous
stringent
sunless
lonesome
elegiacal
unsatisfying
useless
ill-timed
dubious
questionable
suspect
straitened
ill-fated
yucko
in pain
not up to scratch
tormentous
from hunger
not satisfying
anguishing
demanding
pain-filled
sentimental
disillusioning
drastic
dampening
nostalgic
expressive
cataclysmic
pensive
derisible
brackish
unappetizing
mighty
embittering
passionate
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
downbeat
emotive
crashing
unforgiving
relentless
unadvantageous
sanguine
dirgeful
great
pesky
feel-bad
shrewd
eye-watering
flat
cursed
jinxed
intemperate
inclement
devastated
mourning
deep
a pity
fatal
cataclysmal
trashy
controversial
considerable
uplifting
scabby
grubby
scummy
sneaking
ratty
cruddy
inexorable
derisory
destitute
terribly bad
telling
affective
rejected
anticlimactic
damning
almighty
mortal
infernal
aculeate
darkening
risky
heartwarming
major
blistering
festy
explosive
undermining
virulent
commiserative
suffocating
blood-stained
raunchy
grungy
excluded
plaguing
stifling
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
knifelike
drilling
acheronian
acherontic
dislikable
pain
drag
infelicitous
catastrophal
strenuous
overbearing
soul-stirring
very unpleasant
lonely
cloudy
inexcusable
heart-warming
ill-favoured
UK
exceptionable
meagre
UK
emotionally moving
looking on the black side
sucky
meager
US
extremely upsetting
arousing affect
crippling
sobering
grinding
big
hard-hearted
hard-pressed
tortured
doubtful
jeopardous
rocky
full of hardship
strained
messy
threnodic
dirge-like
god-awful
inexpedient
unwished for
unwished-for
corrosive
consuming
long-faced
unseasonable
bereft
not wanted
ill-favored
US
concentrated
in sorrow
in mourning
throbbing
heightened
incommodious
full of sorrow
prejudicial
injured
bruised
crude
hurt
shrill
weeping
wailing
deploring
bewailing
bemoaning
funeral
agonized
US
unhandy
incommoding
wounded
heavy-duty
shabby
unsound
piddling
trifling
dolorific
unmanageable
unwieldy
ropy
duff
unimpressive
junk
lemon
subnormal
negligible
inflamed
mischievous
agonised
UK
minimal
pestiferous
cumbersome
irritated
jerry-built
below average
low-grade
minor-league
low-quality
minor league
tenth-rate
below standard
small potatoes
poor-quality
second rate
no-good
not up to snuff
insignificant
second-rate
chafed
pained
reddened
red
snide
catty
sarky
barbed
acerbic
lacking
abscessed
impermissible
ulcerated
snarky
mordacious
acidulous
amiss
schlocky
tactless
insensitive
not good enough
for the birds
no great shakes
leaving a lot to be desired
not much cop
confounding
mind-boggling
eye-popping
hard to believe
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
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“A shouted threat would have been less
frightening
than the amused satisfaction in his tone.”
Noun
▲
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
intimidation
coercion
pressure
harassment
bullying
oppression
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
threats
terrorization
menacing
browbeating
harrying
threatening
hounding
extortion
scaring
terrifying
tyrannization
subduing
railroading
steamrollering
pressuring
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
unnerving
cowing
daunting
menaces
persecution
plaguing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
tormenting
bulldozing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
fear
arm-twisting
scare tactics
strong-arm tactics
force
duress
compulsion
enforcement
constraint
threat
violence
influence
demand
obligation
persuasion
menace
insistence
exaction
strong-arm tactic
strong-arming
strong arm tactics
reign of terror
force majeure
warning
hardship
blackmail
fulmination
control
commination
domineering
fearmongering
thunder
scare tactic
provocation
entreaty
badgering
pestering
nagging
goading
ambush
terrorism
foul play
requirement
pains
conscription
maltreatment
victimisation
UK
mistreatment
victimization
US
sway
power
strong arm
urgency
monkey
hang-up
engrossment
driving
exigency
prepossession
preoccupation
craving
duty
tiger by the tail
have on the brain
spur
impulsion
necessity
shakedown
goad
spring
impelling
motive
extraction
rapacity
conscience
squeezing
entrapment
squeeze
demanding money with menaces
administration
imposition
application
prosecution
implementation
execution
fulfilment
UK
administering
discharge
carrying out
effectuation
pursuance
reinforcement
enforcing
putting into practice
prescription
compulsory law
whip
necessitation
lash
martial law
fulfilling
fulfillment
US
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to scare or instill fear
scaring
alarming
terrifying
intimidating
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
horrifying
unnerving
daunting
shocking
disturbing
cowing
startling
agitating
disconcerting
perturbing
panicking
dismaying
upsetting
spooking
affrighting
disquieting
petrifying
flustering
worrying
awing
aweing
rattling
ruffling
alaruming
shaking
fazing
frighting
scarifying
appalling
deterring
discomforting
discouraging
unhinging
chilling
chillin
disheartening
repelling
unmanning
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
stiffing
striking terror into
scaring to death
filling with fear
scaring witless
scaring stiff
putting the wind up
scaring the pants off
scaring the bejesus out of
giving someone goose pimples
chilling to the bone
scaring away
chilling to the marrow
giving someone the heebie-jeebies
scaring someone out of their wits
scaring the living daylights out of
putting the fear of God into
freezing your blood
curdling the blood
getting the wind up
scaring off
throwing into a blue funk
making one's hair stand on end
making teeth chatter
throwing into a fright
giving one the creeps
making one's flesh creep
making one's blood run cold
scaring someone half to death
making someone jump out of their skin
browbeating
bullying
unsettling
bothering
discomposing
troubling
tormenting
distressing
throwing
threatening
harassing
hectoring
throwing into a panic
menacing
bulldozing
discomfiting
vexing
getting to
plaguing
freaking out
distracting
harrying
shaking up
coercing
psyching out
concerning
pressurizing
US
consternating
confounding
perplexing
bewildering
putting off
blackjacking
throwing off balance
flurrying
fussing
ailing
bullyragging
badgering
distempering
frazzling
persecuting
bogarting
making nervous
subduing
undoing
derailing
hagriding
overawing
pestering
taking aback
abashing
pressurising
UK
strong-arming
tyrannizing
US
stunning
dragooning
nonplussing
mau-mauing
weirding out
leaning on
picking on
paralysing
UK
pushing around
confusing
paralyzing
US
railroading
buffaloing
irking
annoying
giving a turn
exercising
tyrannising
UK
domineering
frightening the living daylights out of
discombobulating
surprising
frightening to death
depressing
jolting
flooring
embarrassing
making jump
frightening the life out of
discountenancing
making afraid
oppressing
filling with terror
bugging
irritating
flummoxing
pressuring
forcing
hassling
compelling
making uneasy
fretting
afflicting
making anxious
hounding
pothering
goading
blustering
riding roughshod over
using strong-arm tactics on
astounding
scaring the life out of
scaring the hell out of
frightening someone out of their wits
giving someone a fright
sending into a cold sweat
haunting
making someone shake in their shoes
saddening
making someone's hair stand on end
bludgeoning
stupefying
striking terror in
disappointing
mystifying
overwhelming
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
inspiring panic in
teasing
mistreating
aggrieving
besetting
sickening
dominating
abusing
throwing into a tizzy
turning on the heat
nagging
frightening out of your wits
scaring silly
pushing
enforcing
torturing
throwing into a tizz
overbearing
stirring up
making waves
pushing about
scaring the pants off of
warning off
putting heat on
frightening away
chasing off
driving away
giving a hard time
freezing
inhibiting
knocking for a loop
paralysing with fear
impressing
becoming horror-stricken
becoming horror-struck
freaking
flabbergasting
scaring the daylights out of
blinding someone with something
frightening off
striking fear into
staggering
springing
taking your breath away
making fearful
incommoding
destabilizing
US
unbalancing
baffling
stampeding
moving
unquieting
giving someone a jolt
giving a shock
putting chill on
paining
rousing
jarring
traumatizing
US
making someone jump out of his skin
destabilising
UK
blinding
springing on
making restless
making fretful
making flesh crawl
baiting
pursuing
dejecting
mortifying
traumatising
UK
unstringing
muddling
addling
throwing into disarray
uncalming
discommoding
steamrollering
filling with panic
bowling over
putting out
pulling the rug from under
heckling
pulling the rug out from under
stressing
rattling one's cage
putting someone off their stride
putting out of countenance
rousting
throwing off
knocking props out
throwing a curve
accosting
molesting
putting into a flap
taxing
uttering threats to
issuing threats to
whipping around
scaring hell out of
causing someone to lose their composure
chivvying
straining
despairing
burdening
beleaguering
besieging
impelling
trying
chafing
weighing down
testing
needling
importuning
constraining
obliging
pressing
tearing
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
dunning
grieving
lording it over
holding a gun to one's head
putting through the wringer
putting the chill on
bossing about
twisting one's arm
bossing around
brainwashing
prodding
hustling
displeasing
flushing
subjugating
maltreating
causing anxiety to
influencing
persuading
offending
inconveniencing
angering
hurting
lying heavy on
gnawing at
sweating out
victimizing
US
manhandling
dispiriting
press-ganging
putting pressure on
putting the squeeze on
putting under an obligation
using pressure on
fast-talking
bringing pressure to bear on
prevailing on
acting on
putting the screws on
working on
despotizing
walking heavy
riding roughshod
repulsing
peeving
misusing
overpowering
miffing
wounding
indisposing
narking
revolting
brutalising
UK
mishandling
victimising
UK
brutalizing
US
turning
incapacitating
crazing
flipping
cramping
debilitating
disgusting
flipping out
ticking off
winding up
getting at
firing up
egging on
playing the heavy with
messing over
kicking around
ill-using
putting down
ill-treating
treating harshly
walking all over
keying up
laying up
bumming out
getting across
turning on
getting someone
hacking off
nauseating
rocking the boat
giving someone grief
making a scene
frustrating
dashing
hurting somebody's feelings
getting on your wick
dumbfounding
giving someone the creeps
chagrining
puzzling
disillusioning
disenchanting
disgruntling
making your gorge rise
making someone want to throw up
making shudder
knocking for six
knocking sideways
letting down
fouling up
screwing up
filling with consternation
messing up
casting down
crushing
dampening
provoking
desolating
outraging
throwing cold water on
harrowing
pouring cold water on
scandalizing
US
sapping
putting someone off their stroke
bringing down
enervating
astonishing
exasperating
knocking the stuffing out of
damping
galling
dazing
scandalising
UK
getting down
putting a damper on
humbling
taking the wind out of your sails
aggravating
working up
disobliging
agonizing
US
amazing
burning up
agonising
UK
beating down
weakening
setting someone back on their heels
making despondent
giving someone the blues
making sad
making someone scratch their head
stopping someone in their tracks
undermining
devitalizing
making downhearted
nettling
humiliating
disarranging
dissatisfying
racking
graveling
gravelling
disorienting
weighing heavily on
rocking
dumfounding
bringing low
breaking one's heart
stinging
catching off balance
thunderstriking
taking by surprise
electrifying
dampening spirits
making unhappy
causing to be at a stand
making miserable
cutting to the quick
blowing away
making gloomy
turning off
leaving aghast
striking dumb
leaving open-mouthed
emasculating
exciting
bustling
enfeebling
bemusing
breaking
making dejected
disinclining
deranging
piquing
disempowering
cursing
disparaging
clouding
befuddling
disordering
wearying
affecting
abasing
insulting
embittering
overcoming
devastating
chastening
riling
dulling
stumping
underwhelming
beating
injuring
deflating
dissing
dampening the spirits of
shattering
antagonizing
US
making someone fed up
causing anguish to
snubbing
pushing buttons
getting
reducing to tears
antagonising
UK
benumbing
distressing greatly
making wretched
causing suffering to
grossing out
dashing hopes
dragging down
making blue
putting into a funk
casting a gloom upon
giving offence to
bringing tears to your eyes
blowing your mind
knocking out
boggling the mind
hurrying
fluttering
thwarting
quickening
making uncomfortable
lowering
suppressing
infuriating
preoccupying
dementing
casting a shadow
maddening
frenzying
causing disquiet to
tangling
occupying
defeating
causing anxiety
souring
bamboozling
breaking the heart of
taking the wind out
castrating
downing
deploring
boggling
gelding
numbing
damping down
bearing down on
setting back
fearing
stewing
sweating
fuddling
inflaming
messing with one's head
hindering
anguishing
hitting like ton of bricks
raising someone's eyebrows
completely surprising
shaking out of your complacency
flapping
occupying thoughts
preying on your mind
balking
US
disengaging
detaching
disconnecting
uncoupling
separating
unhitching
unfastening
rendering speechless
causing wonder
striking with awe
dazzling
fidgetting
fidgeting
foxing
casting a pall over
baulking
UK
driving crazy
making discontented
driving mad
lobotomizing
inciting
casting a gloom on
dashing the hopes of
knocking the wind out of
making crestfallen
making dispirited
arousing
dogging
strapping
martyring
pricking
nit-picking
befogging
desiccating
stimulating
harshing one's mellow
dumping on
deeply upsetting
inflicting trauma
doing in
fermenting
affronting
mazing
dehydrating
shattering the illusions of
disorganizing
jumbling
snarling
crippling
unglueing
unzipping
ungluing
taking pains
muddying
deadening
labouring over
posing
draining
giving someone the hump
fogging
obfuscating
getting worked up
getting in a stew
wildering
eating at
cutting up
driving insane
taking apart
blowing up
sending up
blowing out
slighting
dragging
darkening
upsetting the applecart
weighing on
arousing anxiety in
sending over the edge
doing a number on
making it tough for
mixing up
setting someone thinking
bugging up
making flip
taking steam out
running down
squashing
blanketing
prostrating
repressing
drooping
disrespecting
spiting
harshing someone's mellow
hanging over
making desolate
bearing down
breaking someone's heart
keeping under
flattening
slurring
zinging
stamping out
debunking
belittling
destroying
quashing
causing to lose heart
rubbing up the wrong way
putting your back up
rankling with
giving offence
putting someone's nose out of joint
causing offense
treading on someone's toes
getting your goat
shooting down
letting wind out of sails
knocking down
cutting down to size
puncturing balloon
taking down a peg or two
letting down easy
taking down
surprizing
striking
touching
putting one away
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frighten
her off by firing an arrow so it would noisily strike the pot.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be on the verge of transpiring, occurring or happening
impending
approaching
looming
overhanging
hovering
menacing
brewing
threatening
advancing
overshadowing
lowering
portending
appearing
foreboding
foreshadowing
hanging
imperilling
UK
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US
jeopardising
UK
jeopardizing
US
presaging
hanging over
coming on
putting at risk
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Present participle for to stimulate into action
galvanising
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galvanizing
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electrifying
exciting
jolting
shocking
spurring
startling
stirring
arousing
awakening
firing
impelling
envigorating
invigorating
prodding
rousing
stimulating
inspiring
moving
thrilling
encouraging
exhilarating
motivating
prompting
provoking
waking
animating
energising
UK
energizing
US
urging
vitalizing
charging
dynamizing
fueling
US
fuelling
intoxicating
kick-starting
titillating
goading
incentivizing
inspiriting
astonishing
commoving
inciting
innervating
piquing
priming
pumping up
quickening
stunning
turning on
zapping
getting someone going
firing up
lighting a fire under
stirring up
giving someone a kick
putting a bomb under
giving a shot in the arm
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