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Adjective
Surprised and slightly frightened
(
colloquial
)
Timid, or showing a lack of courage
Very frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic
Agitated or stressed
Feeling confused mentally
Verb
To have frightened or caused fear
Past tense for to suddenly surprise or astonish
Past tense for to move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm
Past tense for to provoke or instigate someone into action
Past tense for to do something (to someone) unexpectedly
Past tense for to take advantage of someone's inattention
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Adjective
▲
Surprised and slightly frightened
stunned
astonished
shocked
amazed
surprised
disconcerted
alarmed
frightened
scared
spooked
terrified
afraid
astounded
flabbergasted
stupefied
dumbfounded
dumbstruck
thunderstruck
dazed
bowled over
awestruck
confounded
awestricken
speechless
dumfounded
staggered
gobsmacked
bewildered
nonplussed
floored
aghast
awed
flummoxed
perplexed
taken aback
open-mouthed
agape
knocked for six
overwhelmed
openmouthed
shaken
wide-eyed
blown away
at a loss for words
shaken up
marveling
US
marvelling
UK
unnerved
wondering
discomposed
lost for words
confused
bemused
incredulous
wonderstruck
benumbed
jolted
goggle-eyed
shell-shocked
filled with astonishment
filled with amazement
filled with wonder
filled with awe
caught on the wrong foot
caught on the hop
stumped
overcome
dismayed
appalled
struck dumb
unable to believe your eyes
unable to believe one's ears
horrified
addled
electrified
shattered
taken by surprise
in amazement
at a loss
thrown off balance
overawed
rendered speechless
left speechless
puzzled
bamboozled
dumb
thrown
stuck
nonplused
breathless
beat
buffaloed
licked
knocked
at sea
knocked out
knocked sideways
slack-jawed
abashed
baffled
flustered
lost
fazed
muddled
hard-pressed
hard put
at a complete loss
more ❯
“Adam looked down,
startled
to see his little brother's face looking worriedly up at him.”
Adjective
▲
(
colloquial
)
Timid, or showing a lack of courage
soft
spineless
timid
scared
cowardly
panicky
intimidated
shaky
jittery
timorous
tremulous
unnerved
pathetic
gutless
impotent
spiritless
squeamish
characterless
nerveless
wet
frightened
fearful
nervous
jumpy
apprehensive
irresolute
terrified
feart
weak-kneed
lily-livered
yellow-bellied
wimpish
weak
wimpy
craven
feeble
sissy
pusillanimous
chicken
effete
yellow
weakling
sissified
faint-hearted
namby-pamby
recreant
cowering
limp-wristed
chicken-hearted
candy-assed
frail
weakened
wishy-washy
shrinking
poor-spirited
invertebrate
chicken-livered
unheroic
quaking
dastardly
chickenhearted
pigeon-hearted
trembling
boneless
afraid
poltroon
weak-willed
unmanly
milk-and-water
milk-livered
abject
fainthearted
wussy
submissive
weedy
meek
lacking courage
effeminate
unmasculine
ineffectual
diffident
shy
retiring
epicene
queeny
caitiff
anxious
milksoppish
pigeonhearted
easily frightened
dismayed
cringey
sissyish
vacillating
daft
inept
ineffective
base
unassertive
useless
mousy
sookie
camp
cowhearted
backward
worthless
cringing
cowed
hesitant
powerless
daunted
tentative
feminine
mousey
wavering
supine
white-livered
feckless
running scared
paper tiger
no guts
having the willies
womanish
foolish
coward
snowflake
swishy
nerdy
niddering
emasculated
poltroonish
ignoble
insipid
lame
nervy
simpering
colourless
UK
colorless
US
spooked
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
soppy
drippy
sheepish
skittish
indecisive
afraid of one's own shadow
capricious
gentle
browbeaten
bullied
unassured
Milquetoast
fickle
passive
easily scared
faltering
dithering
tame
having cold feet
indeterminate
fallible
undetermined
forceless
pithless
emasculate
pansified
corruptible
yielding
hemming and hawing
unreliable
unsure
waffling
undependable
girlish
girly
nancy
easily led
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
slack-spined
foppish
mincing
campy
posturing
swish
fruity
affected
poncey
pansyish
womanly
womanlike
pansy-like
niminy-piminy
bashful
scary
fearsome
unconfident
insecure
uneasy
introverted
worried
reticent
reserved
self-conscious
uncertain
skittery
antsy
tense
self-effacing
bothered
withdrawn
lacking confidence
coy
quiet
uptight
unsettled
restless
troubled
perturbed
modest
lacking self-confidence
not self-assured
self-doubting
concerned
fidgety
flurried
unassuming
wary
fretful
edgy
unforthcoming
disquieted
twitchy
dithery
fluttery
toey
upset
spookish
squirrelly
skitterish
discomposed
disturbed
introvert
agitated
uncomfortable
alarmed
very nervous
petrified
high-strung
highly strung
unconvincing
unenthusiastic
lacking assurance
lacking in confidence
meager
US
not confident
ill at ease
mild
tenuous
meagre
UK
on edge
half-hearted
low-key
resigned
mouselike
inhibited
faint of heart
demure
graceless
humble
excited
like a lamb to the slaughter
embarrassed
approval-seeking
unobtrusive
rabbity
plain
quivery
unsubstantial
fragile
pale
moderate
flimsy
faint
strained
unrelaxed
unquiet
awkward
discomforted
discomfited
lacking social skills
tongue-tied
taut
excitable
queazy
angsty
overstrung
trepidatious
distressed
stressed
neurotic
flighty
brittle
unglued
careful
shivery
queasy
easily agitated
horrified
frantic
shaken
rattled
aghast
hysterical
terrorized
US
affrighted
afeared
overwrought
hysteric
shocked
frozen
stunned
frit
terrorised
UK
apprehensive about
intimidated by
in a flap
alarmed at
beside oneself
terror-stricken
scared to death
panic-stricken
in a fluster
scared stiff
in a state
in a tizzy
scared witless
in a tizz
in a funk
in a cold sweat
horror-struck
in a blue funk
horror-stricken
terror-struck
in awe
shaking in one's shoes
with your heart in your mouth
frightened out of your wits
scared out of your wits
shaking like a leaf
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic
panic-stricken
alarmed
frightened
terrified
petrified
scared
fearful
horrified
hysterical
agitated
afraid
frantic
panicky
nervous
aghast
shocked
jittery
jumpy
perturbed
frenzied
unnerved
overwrought
frozen
frit
funky
dismayed
disquieted
scared stiff
scared to death
terror-stricken
horror-struck
terror-struck
horror-stricken
beside oneself
frightened to death
in a cold sweat
worked up
in a flap
in a funk
in a blue funk
in a state
panic-struck
in a tizzy
frightened out of your wits
in a fluster
scared out of your wits
in a tizz
in a frenzy
in a flat spin
spooked
anxious
terrorized
US
stunned
terrorised
UK
affrighted
worried
intimidated
scared witless
cowed
daunted
running scared
apprehensive
windy
appalled
upset
disturbed
hysteric
distressed
trembling
rattled
in a panic
shaky
with your heart in your mouth
shaking in one's shoes
shaking like a leaf
feart
timorous
afeared
uneasy
troubled
stupefied
scary
dazed
dumbfounded
edgy
numb
yellow
chicken
antsy
pushing the panic button
paralyzed with fear
US
frozen with fear
have cold feet
fearsome
paralysed with fear
UK
spineless
tremulous
bricking oneself
scared rigid
tense
timid
cowardly
concerned
nervy
bothered
faint-hearted
shaken
on edge
fretful
in awe
pusillanimous
apprehensive about
intimidated by
having cold feet
cowering
alarmed at
aroused
panicked
abashed
flustered
rabbity
butterflies
shivery
chicken-hearted
jellyfish
sissy
lily-livered
uptight
mousy
hunted
unsettled
hung up
in fear and trepidation
having kittens
numb with fear
in a sweat
very scared
stressed
restless
on tenterhooks
twitchy
wired
stressy
keyed up
in a stew
unquiet
insecure
fidgety
toey
overstrung
ill at ease
het up
strung up
in a twitter
in a state of agitation
like a cat on a hot tin roof
dithery
queazy
aflutter
queasy
distraught
distracted
hinky
goosey
atwitter
strained
quaking
spooky
squirrelly
strung out
fevered
worried sick
angstful
in a dither
in a twit
all of a dither
on pins and needles
all of a lather
in a state of nerves
like a cat on hot bricks
fretting
desperate
shaking
discomposed
neurotic
hyper
febrile
hassled
under stress
flurried
adrenalized
angsty
bugged
unglued
solicitous
fraught
a bundle of nerves
shook up
hot and bothered
wrought up
having butterflies in the stomach
all of a doodah
wound up
awed
excitable
bullied
browbeaten
overwhelmed
overawed
quivering
frazzled
highly strung
stressed out
hesitant
suspicious
trepidatious
foreboding
mistrustful
doubtful
uncertain
stiff
weak
emotive
tearing one's hair out
emotionally charged
strung-up
hag-ridden
gun-shy
having a funny feeling
having stage fright
biting nails
angst-ridden
wild
mad
excited
furious
feverish
frenetic
fierce
rabid
crazed
delirious
maniacal
crazy
raving
hectic
uncontrolled
deranged
ferocious
insane
demented
berserk
violent
unhinged
distrait
raging
berko
corybantic
unscrewed
unzipped
angry
weirded out
out of control
beside yourself
freaked out
weird
at wits' end
swivel-eyed
spazzed out
last-minute
hot under the collar
at the end of your tether
flipped out
zonkers
wigged out
tormented
disconcerted
anguished
vexed
riled
beset
ruffled
discombobulated
irked
uncomfortable
tortured
plagued
worrying
muddled
clutched
a wreck
worried stiff
with one's stomach in knots
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Agitated or stressed
excited
stressed
agitated
antsy
anxious
apprehensive
distressed
worried
distraught
fearful
hectic
jittery
nervy
tense
alarmed
annoyed
desperate
edgy
flurried
flushed
frightened
hysterical
intense
scared
shocked
skittish
terrified
uneasy
unnerved
unsettled
adrenalized
aflutter
aquiver
daunted
disturbed
fidgety
high-strung
in a panic
distracted
emotional
flighty
frantic
frenzied
irrational
twitchy
unreluctant
afire
atingle
dismayed
dithery
febrile
fraught
heated
het up
hot under the collar
hyped-up
hyper
hyperexcited
ill at ease
jumpy
overactive
overexcited
perturbed
troubled
unquiet
uptight
wrought-up
nervous
upset
wound up
discomposed
disconcerted
provoked
ruffled
wired
hot
hot and bothered
in a tizzy
juiced up
keyed up
on edge
overwrought
worked up
zipped up
rattled
panicky
shaky
panic-stricken
horrified
petrified
spooked
in a flap
restless
insecure
queazy
queasy
overstrung
atwitter
excitable
hung up
hinky
goosey
highly strung
restive
strained
spooky
toey
strung out
strung up
on tenterhooks
in a state
on pins and needles
flustered
fretful
unrelaxed
sensitive
windy
squirrelly
a bundle of nerves
in a state of agitation
like a cat on a hot tin roof
wrought up
in a state of nerves
bothered
timorous
fluttery
afraid
concerned
hesitant
stressy
neurotic
unstable
choked
overanxious
brittle
beside oneself
nervous wreck
in suspense
stressed out
all of a doodah
white-knuckled
all of a lather
all of a dither
in a tizz
like a cat on hot bricks
in a stew
bundle of nerves
all wound up
all of a flutter
nerve-racking
feeling anxious
stressful
nail-biting
nerves on edge
clutched
pressured
shot to pieces
up the wall
under a strain
white knuckled
under stress
under pressure
uncomfortable
timid
mousy
mousey
worried sick
bricking oneself
waiting for the axe to fall
fearfully anticipating
having kittens
in a twitter
in a dither
apprehensively expecting
anxiously waiting
waiting with bated breath
in a twit
nervously awaiting
in a sweat
shy
shaken
hurt
saddened
unhappy
grieved
sad
irritable
shrinking
fainthearted
trembling
vexed
disquieted
muddled
diffident
shaking
quivering
overemotional
disappointed
irked
confused
thrown
irritated
scary
unrestful
creepy
fearsome
unconfident
angered
angry
blue
inconvenienced
gutted
histrionic
discountenanced
uncertain
broken up
cut up
falling apart
shook up
spasmodic
bashful
hyperexcitable
hyperactive
tremulous
hyperkinetic
agitable
alarmable
lively
zippy
giddy
lightheaded
peppy
spirited
dizzy
animated
combustible
flappable
fiddle-footed
light-headed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling confused mentally
stupefied
confused
bewildered
befuddled
dazed
confounded
bemused
stunned
addled
dizzy
dopey
muzzy
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
distracted
befogged
bushed
addlepated
silly
muddleheaded
slaphappy
zonked
punchy
pixilated
pixillated
dopy
raddled
spacy
fogged
muddled
addle
spacey
puzzled
spaced
baffled
stumped
fuddled
mystified
staggered
numb
surprised
speechless
floored
overwhelmed
overcome
dismayed
breathless
frozen
intoxicated
mixed-up
punch-drunk
spaced-out
shell-shocked
zonked-out
nonplussed
flummoxed
taken aback
aghast
perplexed
gobsmacked
astounded
dumbfounded
astonished
dumbstruck
discombobulated
bamboozled
flustered
flabbergasted
thrown
disconcerted
rattled
disoriented
lost
shocked
wildered
bowled over
thrown off balance
in a dither
uncertain
mazed
at sea
at a loss
at sixes and sevens
discomposed
discomfited
fazed
unnerved
shaken
clueless
shaken up
amazed
blown away
troubled
beaten
vexed
had their heads messed with
uncomprehending
besotted
confusticated
foxed
gravelled
UK
got
beat
graveled
US
buffaloed
thrown off
caused to be at a stand
made to scratch their head
lost at sea
dazzled
agog
disorientated
awed
agape
gaga
giddy
thunderstruck
hazy
dumb
dazed and confused
off-balance
slack-jawed
awe-struck
off balance
groggy
woozy
out of it
fuzzy
foggy
mixed up
benumbed
numbed
not with it
stupid
woolly
UK
wooly
US
addlebrained
clouded
all at sea
wobbly
cloudy
unsteady
blurry
vague
woolly-headed
lightheaded
upset
staggering
disorganized
US
stuck
disorganised
UK
light-headed
reeling
slap-happy
hard-pressed
hard put
disturbed
daft
faint
misty
shadowy
blurred
senseless
touched
inattentive
trippy
dreamy
shaky
discountenanced
insensible
cold
frustrated
out to lunch
senile
tipsy
openmouthed
muddle-headed
in a muddle
nonplused
in a state of confusion
weak-kneed
woolly-minded
unhinged
unbalanced
weak in the knees
demented
unglued
deranged
gone
shook
foolish
not knowing if you are coming or going
open-mouthed
at a loss for words
doubtful
lost for words
awestruck
wonderstruck
shook up
fouled up
blank
at a complete loss
absent-minded
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have frightened or caused fear
scared
frightened
panicked
terrified
petrified
alarmed
shocked
horrified
intimidated
daunted
unnerved
scarified
affrighted
dismayed
frighted
spooked
terrorized
US
filled with fear
gave someone the heebie-jeebies
made nervous
put the wind up
scared stiff
scared the pants off
scared to death
struck terror into
appalled
terrorised
UK
upset
alarumed
agitated
disturbed
perturbed
disconcerted
worried
put the fear of God into
scared the bejesus out of
disquieted
flustered
unsettled
rattled
unhinged
discomposed
chilled
fazed
cowed
scared the living daylights out of
discomforted
troubled
ruffled
discomfited
bothered
awed
distressed
concerned
vexed
vext
scared someone out of their wits
made one's hair stand on end
flurried
distracted
frazzled
perplexed
disheartened
discouraged
demoralized
US
stunned
paralysed
UK
paralyzed
US
shaken
shook
scared witless
stricken terror into
put off
freaked out
made one's blood run cold
demoralised
UK
confounded
fussed
ailed
bewildered
distempered
nonplussed
exercised
hagrid
derailed
surprised
discountenanced
deterred
puzzled
made someone jump out of their skin
frightened the life out of
frightened to death
frightened the living daylights out of
made jump
scared off
weirded out
made one's flesh creep
got to
scared away
filled with terror
made teeth chatter
threw into a panic
thrown into a panic
thrown into a blue funk
threw into a blue funk
shaken up
shook up
dispirited
depressed
abashed
discombobulated
undone
undid
frustrated
embarrassed
flummoxed
unmanned
repelled
chagrined
stupefied
stiffed
consternated
scared the hell out of
scared the life out of
sent into a cold sweat
made someone's hair stand on end
made someone shake in their shoes
frightened someone out of their wits
gave a turn
given a turn
tormented
put out of countenance
let down
got the wind up
chilled to the bone
inspired panic in
upset the applecart
scared the pants off of
taken aback
took aback
psyched out
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
frightened out of your wits
put someone off their stride
fouled up
scared silly
made uneasy
threw
thrown
hagridden
hagrode
gave someone goose pimples
given someone goose pimples
curdled the blood
curdles the blood
given one the creeps
gotten to
thrown off balance
gave one the creeps
threw off balance
confused
saddened
baffled
irked
annoyed
harassed
floored
plagued
dashed
dumbfounded
mortified
disappointed
freaked
hassled
fretted
jolted
gravelled
UK
graveled
US
disoriented
pestered
bugged
dejected
disillusioned
mystified
made fearful
made afraid
unbalanced
disenchanted
browbeat
disgruntled
hindered
pained
bulldozed
incommoded
buffaloed
given someone a fright
gave someone a fright
given someone the heebie-jeebies
disarranged
psyched
roused
pothered
astounded
unquieted
balked
US
stricken terror in
struck terror in
oppressed
become horror-stricken
bowled over
made fretful
chilled to the marrow
thrown into a fright
stopped someone in their tracks
stirred up
made anxious
threw into a fright
caught off balance
messed up
thrown into a tizz
screwed up
paralysed with fear
caused someone to lose their composure
caused to be at a stand
threw into a tizz
made restless
become horror-struck
filled with panic
threw into a tizzy
filled with consternation
setted someone back on their heels
knocked for six
made someone jump out of his skin
baulked
UK
frozen your blood
knocked sideways
scared someone half to death
thrown into a tizzy
scared the daylights out of
stampeded
made someone scratch their head
froze your blood
browbeaten
taken by surprise
took by surprise
stricken fear into
struck fear into
thrown into disarray
threw into disarray
uncalmed
threw off
thrown off
became horror-struck
became horror-stricken
gave someone a jolt
given a shock
gave a shock
given someone a jolt
bullied
hectored
threatened
menaced
harried
coerced
pressurized
US
blackjacked
badgered
bullyragged
bogarted
strong-armed
mau-maued
leaned on
pressurised
UK
pushed around
picked on
dragooned
subdued
domineered
tyrannized
US
overawed
persecuted
railroaded
beset
tyrannised
UK
put heat on
forced
irritated
compelled
pressured
afflicted
hounded
goaded
blustered
used strong-arm tactics on
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
teased
mistreated
overwhelmed
hurt
aggrieved
bludgeoned
nagged
pushed
dominated
haunted
sickened
abused
victimized
US
tortured
put through the wringer
put out
made waves
put down
hurt somebody's feelings
pushed about
put the chill on
put the squeeze on
chased off
put pressure on
frightened away
put the screws on
victimised
UK
put under an obligation
turned on the heat
warned off
enforced
rode roughshod over
ridden roughshod over
repulsed
baited
stressed
pursued
grieved
taxed
revolted
displeased
constrained
moved
strained
subjugated
maltreated
steamrollered
offended
inconvenienced
angered
pressed
prest
obliged
disgusted
despaired
beleaguered
besieged
burdened
destabilized
US
manhandled
hustled
prodded
brainwashed
discommoded
traumatized
US
jarred
peeved
influenced
persuaded
nauseated
misust
misused
overpowered
overbore
overborne
impelled
heckled
importuned
needled
weighed down
tried
tested
chafed
narked
wound
wounded
indisposed
miffed
muddled
impressed
chivvied
rousted
addled
bossed around
flushed
messed over
ill-used
played the heavy with
gnawed at
rattled one's cage
keyed up
made worried
whipped around
ill-treated
blinded
crazed
treated harshly
flipped out
layed up
knocked for a loop
driven away
held a gun to one's head
twisted one's arm
teared
hacked off
turned
made shudder
tantalised
UK
fired up
rocked the boat
bummed out
made a scene
brought pressure to bear on
made your gorge rise
wound up
given a hard time
sweated out
knocked props out
prevailed on
lied heavy on
worked on
frightened off
ticked off
lorded it over
brutalised
UK
egged on
bossed about
gave a hard time
turned on
got at
got on your wick
pulled the rug out from under
incapacitated
uttered threats to
drove away
walked heavy
issued threats to
debilitated
tantalized
US
molested
used pressure on
dunned
scared hell out of
cramped
accosted
walked all over
unstrung
kicked around
fast-talked
traumatised
UK
flipped
caused anxiety to
press-ganged
destabilised
UK
brutalized
US
despotized
got across
made flesh crawl
made someone want to throw up
mishandled
blinded someone with something
pulled the rug from under
laid up
torn
tore
rode roughshod
acted on
ridden roughshod
thrown a curve
threw a curve
gotten across
gotten at
given someone grief
gave someone grief
got someone
gotten someone
took your breath away
taken your breath away
given someone the creeps
gave someone the creeps
more ❯
“As always, I approached silently, hoping to
startle
them with a sudden intrusion.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to suddenly surprise or astonish
stunned
astonished
astounded
amazed
surprised
dumbfounded
shocked
flabbergasted
stupefied
floored
staggered
rocked
dumfounded
thunderstruck
thunderstricken
surprized
awed
bowled over
bewildered
dazed
disconcerted
knocked for six
nonplussed
confounded
overwhelmed
knocked sideways
confused
stopped someone in their tracks
taken aback
took aback
unnerved
left open-mouthed
perplexed
discomposed
upset
shaken up
shook up
jolted
left aghast
threw
thrown
shaken
shook
knocked for a loop
knocked out
blew away
blown away
struck dumb
stricken dumb
hit like a ton of bricks
knocked the stuffing out of
bemused
flummoxed
taken by surprise
took by surprise
fazed
puzzled
appalled
unsettled
caught off balance
dismayed
electrified
boggled
rendered speechless
put one away
boggled the mind
stumped
disturbed
fogged
benumbed
overcome
dazzled
baffled
numbed
sprung on
knocked over
setted someone back on their heels
discombobulated
befuddled
impressed
foxed
mystified
buffaloed
beat
disquieted
muddled
gravelled
UK
graveled
US
mazed
addled
agitated
perturbed
wildered
blew your mind
blown your mind
took your breath away
taken your breath away
posed
alarmed
discomfited
overpowered
obfuscated
befogged
petrified
paralysed
UK
abashed
hit
jarred
distracted
paralyzed
US
disoriented
made someone scratch their head
caused to be at a stand
knocked over with feather
hit like ton of bricks
overcame
sprang on
thrown a curve
threw a curve
bamboozled
horrified
outraged
moved
struck
touched
offended
revolted
disgusted
vexed
fuddled
vext
sickened
scandalized
US
nauseated
affected
traumatized
US
conquered
shattered
overawed
repelled
distressed
delighted
gobsmacked
brought up short
besotted
galvanized
US
muddied
displeased
provoked
got
rattled
consternated
dizzied
galvanised
UK
angered
antagonized
US
caused wonder
devastated
scandalised
UK
traumatised
UK
insulted
antagonised
UK
thrown for a loop
threw for a loop
knocked senseless
made speechless
setted someone thinking
mixed up
grossed out
disorientated
thrown off balance
threw off balance
raised someone's eyebrows
filled with wonder
completely surprised
screwed up
taken the wind out of your sails
filled with amazement
took the wind out of your sails
beaten
besotten
gotten
gat
stricken
hat
hitten
flabagasted
flabaghast
threw off
thrown off
struck with awe
stricken with awe
gave offence to
given offence to
thrown a curveball
threw a curveball
threw into a tizzy
thrown into a tizzy
gave a turn
given a turn
shaken out of your complacency
shook out of your complacency
given a shock
gave a shock
stirred
bedazzled
excited
fascinated
spellbound
hypnotized
US
hypnotised
UK
left speechless
swept someone off their feet
enthralled
thrilled
beset
roused
captivated
got to
enthused
stimulated
aroused
worried
flustered
messed with one's head
cut a figure
put off
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
grabbed
enchanted
whelmed
exhilarated
exercised
stumbled
thwarted
balked
US
baulked
UK
psyched
gotten to
animated
invigorated
fired
titillated
energized
US
bedevilled
UK
bedeviled
US
blinded
slayed
inspired
charged
intoxicated
ruffled
flurried
eluded
made splash
harassed
discountenanced
frenzied
motivated
psyched out
confusticated
bothered
troubled
frustrated
energised
UK
envigorated
magnetised
UK
magnetized
US
dynamized
commoved
killed
confuscated
defeated
got someone going
turned on
fired with enthusiasm
registered with
scored with
swept off feet
carried away
got at
stirred up
boggled the mind of
poleaxed
swept away
caused someone to lose their composure
pumped up
lit a fire under
made nervous
caught unawares
slain
slew
thrown into a tizz
threw into a tizz
thrown for loop
gotten at
threw for loop
knock down with a feather
gave someone a charge
given a buzz
gave someone a kick
gave a buzz
given someone a kick
given someone a charge
more ❯
“At times, he seems totally incapacitated by awkwardness, yet he can
startle
me with his confidence and intellect.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm
started
bolted
jumped
bounded
bound
leaped
US
leapt
UK
sprung
recoiled
flinched
jerked
jolted
winced
dashed
teared
charged
lunged
scurried
darted
shuddered
vaulted
hopped
twitched
sprinted
zipped
scampered
bounced
sprang
hurdled
loped
launched
rebounded
skittered
pounced
dived
hippety hopped
scooted
shot
rebound
rushed
torn
tore
sprant
broke
brake
sprunt
broken
flown
shotten
dove
flew
more ❯
“The cat would
startle
, hump her back, and hiss like a smoldering coal struck by water.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to provoke or instigate someone into action
roused
stimulated
excited
inspired
incited
moved
provoked
aroused
stirred
goaded
urged
galvanised
UK
galvanized
US
instigated
inflamed
animated
prodded
inspirited
agitated
electrified
fomented
rallied
awakened
exhilarated
disturbed
enlivened
riled
wakened
needled
bestirred
woke
waked
woken
vivified
awoke
awaked
awoken
innervated
innerved
stirred up
fired up
spurred on
whipped up
egged on
got going
gotten going
fired the enthusiasm of
wound up
pepped up
lit a fire under
whetted one's appetite
fired the imagination of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to do something (to someone) unexpectedly
took unawares
taken unawares
surprised
took by surprise
taken by surprise
caught out
burst in on
caught off guard
caught on the hop
crept up on
wrong-footed
Verb
▲
Past tense for to take advantage of someone's inattention
caught unawares
surprised
ambushed
caught napping
crept up on
pounced on
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