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Verb

To frighten or cause fear

To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

Prevent the occurrence of

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

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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 a turn

give someone a fright

give someone goose pimples

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone jump out of their skin

make someone's blood run cold

make someone's hair curl

make someone's hair stand on end

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

make one's hair stand on end

tyrannize^US

demoralize^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

demoralise^UK

tyrannise^UK

pressurize^US

make one's blood run cold

pressurise^UK

make one's flesh creep

frighten out of your wits

throw into a tizz

push about

scare the pants off of

ride roughshod over

mess with someone's head

scare the daylights out of

destabilize^US

send chills down the spine of

blind someone with something

become horror-stricken

make someone jump out of his skin

take your breath away

destabilise^UK

traumatize^US

fill with consternation

traumatise^UK

pull the rug from under

put off one's stroke

pull the rug out from under

outrage

put out

put out of countenance

rattle one's cage

put someone off their stride

scandalize^US

use strong-arm tactics on

scandalise^UK

give someone the creeps

cause someone to lose their composure

victimize^US

tantalise^UK

tantalize^US

brutalize^US

victimise^UK

brutalise^UK

make someone want to throw up

weigh heavily on one's mind

scare someone half to death

dampen the spirits of

break one's heart

put a damper on

cause to lose heart

dampen someone's hopes

take the wind out of your sails

put someone off their stroke

enervate

hurt

knock the stuffing out of

agonize^US

agonise^UK

give someone the blues

make sad

make someone scratch their head

stop someone in their tracks

undermine

set someone back on their heels

cause to be at a stand

hurt somebody's feelings

bring tears to your eyes

knock out

make one's heart bleed

antagonize^US

undermine one's confidence

balk^US

antagonise^UK

baulk^UK

knock the wind out of

raise someone's eyebrows

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

sap the confidence of

give someone the hump

shatter the illusions of

harsh someone's mellow

make someone's heart bleed

keep under

make desolate

hang over

break someone's spirit

break someone's heart

make a big thing out of

make a mountain out of a molehill

let wind out of sails

puncture balloon

take down

kick in the teeth

take down a peg or two

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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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To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

tantalise^UK

tantalize^US

breathe down someone's neck

carp at

make somebody's hackles rise

get on someone's case

victimize^US

victimise^UK

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

give someone the hump

work on

drive round the twist

antagonize^US

agonize^US

tyrannize^US

antagonise^UK

agonise^UK

tyrannise^UK

make things hot for someone

rub the wrong way

give a bad time

make it hot for someone

get on someone's back

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

ruffle one's feathers

be on the back of

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

bring pressure to bear on

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

chagrin

dissatisfy

drive you up the wall

be a pain in the neck

rankle with

mix up

be a thorn in someone's side

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Prevent the occurrence of

balk^US

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

beat someone to the punch

make impossible

bring to screeching halt

make it impossible for

beat someone to the draw

queer someone's pitch

be a hindrance to

throw a spoke in the wheel of

make impracticable

quit

make it impracticable for

monopolize^US

prevent the occurrence of

monopolise^UK

put a spoke in someone's wheel

take wind out of sails

criminalize^US

criminalise^UK

cramp someone's style

put at a disadvantage

negate

place at a disadvantage

penalise^UK

penalize^US

resist the temptation to

prevent from making progress

affect

disturb

constipate

throw monkey wrench in

box up

keep feeling inside oneself

bring to a standstill

not allow to go beyond

keep within the limits of

put out of commission

immobilize^US

immobilise^UK

gaol^UK

jail^US

place an injunction on

cauterize^US

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

throw a monkey wrench into

cauterise^UK

give a disadvantage to

be unfair to

put in an unfavourable position

treat unfavourably

tell against

inflict a handicap on

sit out

pass

avoid doing something

take the pledge

be temperate

not touch

have nothing to do with

go on the wagon

not do

take the cure

internalize^US

internalise^UK

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Noun

A feeling of fright

butterflies in the stomach

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

Noun

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Slight panic or anxiety

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

Noun

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

startle reflex trigger

startle response trigger

the fright of one's life

Noun

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

specter^US

spectre^UK

overwhelming anxiety about

thing about

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