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Verb

To frighten or cause fear

Prevent the occurrence of

Noun

A feeling of fright

Slight panic or anxiety

(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is

A person or thing that is likely to cause harm

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To frighten or cause fear

appall^US

appal^UK

terrorise^UK

terrorize^US

chill someone's blood

fill with fear

frighten someone out of their wits

frighten the life out of

frighten the living daylights out of

frighten to death

give someone a fright

give someone a turn

give someone goose pimples

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone's blood run cold

make someone's hair curl

make someone's hair stand on end

make someone jump out of their skin

make someone shake in their shoes

put the fear of God into

put the wind up

scare someone out of their wits

scare stiff

scare the bejesus out of

scare the hell out of

scare the life out of

scare the living daylights out of

scare the pants off

scare to death

scare witless

send into a cold sweat

strike terror into

throw into a blue funk

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

tyrannize^US

make your hair stand on end

tyrannise^UK

put the wind up someone

pressurize^US

paralyse^UK

make one's flesh creep

paralyze^US

pressurise^UK

make your blood run cold

victimize^US

scandalize^US

victimise^UK

scandalise^UK

put someone off their stroke

make uneasy

make one's blood run cold

frighten out of your wits

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

scare the pants off of

give someone a hard time

chill someone to the marrow

immobilize^US

destabilize^US

blind someone with something

scare someone half to death

immobilise^UK

make your flesh creep

spring

stagger

make one's teeth chatter

put the frighteners on

traumatize^US

destabilise^UK

scare the living daylights out of someone

make someone jump out of his skin

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

traumatise^UK

make someone's hair stand on end

fill with panic

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

cause someone to lose their composure

put someone off his stride

put out of countenance

give someone the creeps

enthrall^US

enthral^UK

make someone want to throw up

jeopardize^US

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

jeopardise^UK

fill with consternation

breathe down someone's neck

scare the daylights out of

whip around

utter threats to

make one's hair stand on end

use strong-arm tactics on

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“I don't get frightened easily, but what does scare me is the unpredictability of our current leader.”

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Prevent the occurrence of

balk^US

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

throw a wet blanket on

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A feeling of fright

“That movie, The Sixth Sense, gave me an old-fashioned scare.”

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Slight panic or anxiety

butterflies in the stomach

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“When he broke out in rashes, it gave his mother a measles scare.”

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(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

startle reflex trigger

startle response trigger

Noun

Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is

spectre^UK

specter^US

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Noun

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A person or thing that is likely to cause harm

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