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Verb

To frighten or cause fear in

To state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone

To inhabit, or visit frequently (typically used in reference to ghosts)

To rouse or goad into feeling or remembering something

A ghostly apparition

An intelligence agent engaging in espionage for a (usually hostile) foreign nation

An unusual or amusing person

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To frighten or cause fear in

terrorise^UK

terrorize^US

scare the bejesus out of

scare to death

strike terror into

throw into a fright

make one's hair stand on end

make teeth chatter

make one's blood run cold

scare the living daylights out of

scare the pants off of

make someone jump out of his skin

appal^UK

appall^US

scare someone out of their wits

scare the pants off

psych

put the fear of God into

throw into a blue funk

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

demoralize^US

give someone the heebie-jeebies

demoralise^UK

give someone goose pimples

fill with terror

fret

afflict

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

frighten the life out of

frighten the living daylights out of

pester

craze

make jump

make someone jump out of their skin

pressurize^US

tyrannize^US

pressurise^UK

tyrannise^UK

scare the life out of

frighten someone out of their wits

scare the hell out of

send into a cold sweat

agonize^US

mystify

pother

inspire panic in

make someone shake in their shoes

oppress

nag

make someone's hair stand on end

give someone a fright

agonise^UK

frighten out of your wits

scare the daylights out of

stampede

strike fear into

put chill on

become horror-stricken

send chills down the spine of

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

put someone off their stroke

chill someone's blood

make fearful

make someone's blood run cold

make someone's hair curl

buffalo

uncalm

bowl over

cause someone to lose their composure

lie heavy on someone's mind

give a bad time

weigh heavy on someone's mind

hurt somebody's feelings

scare someone half to death

use strong-arm tactics on

fill with consternation

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

give someone the hump

set someone back on their heels

ruffle one's feathers

make somebody's hackles rise

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

send into a rage

disgust

bait

put out of countenance

rark

put someone off their stride

derange

disarrange

traumatize^US

try your patience

put someone's nose out of joint

traumatise^UK

make someone scratch their head

drive round the twist

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

break

troll

empurple

cause to be at a stand

stop someone in their tracks

breathe down someone's neck

be a thorn in someone's flesh

drive insane

be a great weight on

be a pain in the neck

mix up

be a thorn in someone's side

weigh heavily on one's mind

mess with someone's head

take the wind out of your sails

balk^US

galvanize^US

baulk^UK

galvanise^UK

push someon's buttons

weigh heavily on someone's mind

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

drive you up the wall

breath down someone's neck

be a weight on one's mind

scandalize^US

bring pressure to bear on

drive you to distraction

exhaust someone's patience

lose patience

noodge

drive you out of your mind

drive you off your head

drive out of mind

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

make you see red

drive you round the bend

give offence

put down

be disagreeable

tread on someone's toes

be an affront to

daze

send over the edge

set one's teeth on edge

scandalise^UK

raise someone's eyebrows

completely surprise

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

be on pins and needles

be spooked

be nervous

be anxious

have ants in one's pants

be like a cat on hot bricks

be antsy

stump

throw into tizzy

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“But was it the wind that spooked her?”

Verb

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To state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone

Verb

To inhabit, or visit frequently (typically used in reference to ghosts)

Verb

To rouse or goad into feeling or remembering something

galvanise^UK

galvanize^US

energise^UK

energize^US

invigorate^US

envigorate^UK

revitalize^US

revitalise^UK

incentivize^US

incentivise^UK

fire the imagination of

give a shot in the arm to

fire the enthusiasm of

give someone a charge

instil^UK

enthral^UK

instill^US

enthrall^US

breathe new life into

stiffen the resolve of

mobilize^US

mobilise^UK

fire someone's imagination

give a new lease of life to

tantalize^US

stimulate spiritually

magnetize^US

magnetise^UK

act as an incentive to

pressurise^UK

pressurize^US

initialize^US

take your breath away

act as a incentive to

catalyze^US

initialise^UK

be the inspiration for

tantalise^UK

take out of mothballs

give a shot in the arm

catalyse^UK

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Noun

A ghostly apparition

spectre^UK

specter^US

chimera^US

chimaera^UK

vapor^US

vapour^UK

trick of the eyesight

figment of imagination

figment of the imagination

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“She woke up to see a spook hovering over her bed.”

Noun

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An intelligence agent engaging in espionage for a (usually hostile) foreign nation

detective superintendent

detective sergeant

detective inspector

P. I.

detective chief inspector

detective chief superintendent

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Noun

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An unusual or amusing person

square peg in a round hole

round peg in a square hole

antisocial personality

insane person

unbalanced person

one who has a screw loose

loser

one who has bats in the belfry

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