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(archaic, transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
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(obsolete, transitive) To make tremble, to terrify.
v
(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
n
The act of one who bemoans something.
v
(transitive) To fill with fright; scare all over; scare completely; terrify.
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(transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
v
(Internet slang) To frighten someone.
v
Alternative form of feeze [(transitive) To drive off, frighten away, or cause to flee or hesitate; to faze.]
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Alternative form of faze [(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.]
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(transitive) To drive off, frighten away, or cause to flee or hesitate; to faze.
n
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
v
(Chinese) Pronunciation spelling of frighten. [(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.]
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(transitive, archaic) To put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
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To be afraid or frightened; to fear.
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(informal, transitive) To scare or unnerve someone.
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Obsolete form of frighten. [(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.]
v
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
v
To cause alarm or offence.
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To frighten someone very much.
v
(UK, slang, vulgar) To frighten thoroughly; to terrify.
v
(transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.
adj
(nonstandard, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of fire, representing Southern US English. [(slang) Amazing; excellent.]
v
(idiomatic) To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To be frightened; to shudder with fear.
v
(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel fear, horror, dread, or strong foreboding; to chill.
v
To disgust or frighten someone.
v
(informal) To frighten or scare someone.
v
(idiomatic) To frighten or disgust.
v
Alternative form of make someone's blood run cold [(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel fear, horror, dread, or strong foreboding; to chill.]
v
To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
v
(rare, formal, transitive, intransitive) To shudder (at). [from 19th c.]
v
Alternative form of feeze [(transitive) To drive off, frighten away, or cause to flee or hesitate; to faze.]
v
Alternative form of feeze [(transitive) To drive off, frighten away, or cause to flee or hesitate; to faze.]
v
(idiomatic) To cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission.
v
(slang) To intimidate or coerce someone using threats of violence.
v
(idiomatic) To cause concern that something unfortunate might happen.
n
An effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something.
v
(transitive) To cause (something) to flee by frightening it.
v
(transitive, informal) To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally.
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(idiomatic) To frighten someone very much.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results.
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(slang, transitive) To terrify thoroughly.
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Alternative form of scare the living daylights out of [(idiomatic) To scare something or someone to a large degree.]
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(idiomatic) To scare something or someone to a great degree.
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(idiomatic) To scare something or someone to a large degree.
v
(slang, idiomatic) To scare or startle someone thoroughly.
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To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.
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To write an alarming or sensational headline about.
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to draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy away
v
(US) Pronunciation spelling of scare. [To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.]
v
Pronunciation spelling of scare. [To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.]
v
(transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
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(transitive, informal) to scare, to frighten
v
(transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
v
To suddenly become scared, frightened or panicked.
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To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
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To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
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(idiomatic, chiefly China) To unthinkingly obey or pander to authorities, especially the Chinese government.
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To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.
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(transitive) To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.
v
(transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
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