adj
(now rare, archaic) Daunted, overwhelmed.
v
(intransitive or reflexive, obsolete) To fear, be afraid.
v
(obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
adj
(archaic or dialectal) afraid
adj
Eye dialect spelling of afeared. [(dialectal) Afraid.]
v
(archaic) To frighten, to scare; to terrify.
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of affeared (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) [(archaic) frightened, afraid]
adj
Obsolete spelling of afraid [Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.]
v
(archaic, transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
adj
(rare) Dreadful; disturbing or frightening.
n
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
adj
(archaic) frightened, affected by fright
n
(archaic) One who frightens.
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
n
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
adj
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
adj
Obsolete form of afraid. [Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.]
adj
Alternative form of affright [afraid; terrified; frightened]
adj
(obsolete, West Country, Devon) afraid, astonished
n
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
adj
Obsolete spelling of alarming [causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening]
n
(obsolete) depression occasioned by terror; dismay
adj
(colloquial) scared; afraid
v
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
adj
(obsolete) Terror-stricken.
adj
Indicating bashfulness.
v
(transitive) To fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frighten
adj
Causing terror or horror.
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
adj
(informal) frightening; causing anxiety
adj
Reluctant or resisting to be photographed.
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
v
(transitive) To render (someone or something) cowardly, to cause to become a coward.
adj
Frightened into submission.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To crouch in general.
n
(preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror.
adj
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
adj
Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening.
adj
(colloquial) Frightening or unsettling.
v
(transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
adv
damnably; confoundedly
v
To make cowardly; to intimidate or dispirit.
adj
(Normally with a copular verb). Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
v
(obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.
v
(transitive) To fear greatly.
n
A response to something characterized by staring, an inability to move or intervene, and feelings of dread.
v
(transitive) To bring about or fill with fear or dread; make dreaded or dreadful.
adj
Scared, afraid, frightened.
adj
Archaic spelling of dreadful. [Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.]
n
Something that assures against fear.
adj
Marked by dread; dreadful; alarming.
adj
(rare) Worthy of being dreaded.
adv
(archaic) dreadfully, extremely
adj
(Scotland) Frightened, timid.
adj
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Characterised or marked by eeriness; causing fear.
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) Made fierce.
v
(obsolete) To frighten, startle.
adj
(archaic) Filled with horror.
n
timid people considered as a group
adj
Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
adj
Timorous; feeble-minded.
v
(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.
v
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
n
Alternative form of fear gortha [(mythology) In Irish mythology, a phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.]
v
Obsolete spelling of fear [(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.]
adj
Obsolete form of fearful. [Frightening; causing fear.]
adj
(now rare) Frightened; filled with terror.
v
(intransitive) Misconstruction of fearmonger. [To spread fear.]
n
the act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in order to incite fear.
n
Alternative form of fearnaught [A fearless person.]
n
A place or general atmosphere of fear.
adj
frightening, especially in appearance.
adj
Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”) [(dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.]
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.
adj
Alternative form of flaysome [(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.]
v
(Chinese) Pronunciation spelling of frightened.
adj
Tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To terrify greatly.
v
(transitive, archaic) To affright or harry exceedingly; scare up.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of afraid. [Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.]
adj
(US, childish) Afraid.
n
(childish, informal) A coward; a person who is easily frightened.
n
(fandom slang) A seemingly innocuous detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, carries disturbing undertones.
n
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
adj
Capable of being frightened.
adj
Afraid; suffering from fear.
adv
In a frightened manner.
adj
Charactersied by frightening; inducing fear; scary
adj
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
n
(obsolete) Fright; fear.
n
An extremely unpleasant and frightening experience.
adj
Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
adv
In a frightsome manner.
adj
(UK, regional) Frightened.
adj
Thundering; striking terror.
adj
(figuratively) furious
v
(obsolete) To frighten or terrify.
adj
(obsolete) ghastly; hideous; frightful.
adj
Alternative form of ghastful [(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.]
n
Obsolete form of ghastness. [(archaic) Amazement; terror; fright; fear.]
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
adj
Obsolete form of ghastful. [(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.]
adj
Horrifyingly shocking.
n
(archaic) Amazement; terror; fright; fear.
adj
Obsolete spelling of gruesome [Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.]
n
(countable) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
adj
Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
n
(informal) A sense of intimidation felt by an inexperienced visitor to a gym upon seeing the physiques and abilities of the regular users.
n
Something which scares or causes fear; something hair-raising.
adj
Causing fear or anxiety; scary.
adj
Alternative form of hair-raising [Causing fear or anxiety; scary.]
adj
(informal) Causing anxiety or fright; terrifying, scary.
v
(transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
adj
(of an animal) Disposed to evade having one's head touched.
adj
Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
adj
Causing horror or dread.
adj
Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
adj
Of or pertaining to horror.
n
That which causes horror.
adj
Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.
adj
(figuratively) Horrendous, horrifying, terrifying.
adj
(obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
n
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
n
(slang) Synonym of horror movie
n
(chiefly Canada, US) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
n
(idiomatic, by extension) A horrifying, appalling, or sickening experience, set of events, or visual spectacle.
n
An unpleasant experience.
n
Alternative form of horror show [A horror movie or television show or other performance which depicts gruesome, horrible, or disgusting events, especially in a vividly visual manner.]
v
(transitive) To fill with horror.
adj
Characterised or marked by horror.
adj
Alternative spelling of horror-stricken [See horror-struck]
n
(informal) A screening of several horror movies back to back.
n
(nonstandard, rare) Alternative form of horror [(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.]
adj
Restless and intolerant of delays.
adv
As a warning or deterrent; in order to terrify or deter others.
v
(transitive, archaic) To inwardly dread; fear or be afraid
adj
Threatening, producing feelings of fear or timidity.
adj
(rare) That intimidates; intimidating.
adj
Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
adv
(obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything.
n
A very bad or frightening dream.
n
(informal) Something capable of inducing nightmares, often by being highly disturbing.
adj
Having been awarded an Oscar statuette.
v
(transitive, rare) To surpass in horror; to be more horrifying than.
adj
(Singlish, slang in Malaysia) embarrassed; humiliating; shy
adj
Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
adj
Obsolete form of panic. [Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.]
adv
(informal) So as to cause great fear or hilarity.
n
sheer terror; great fright
v
To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.
v
(idiomatic, uncommon) Alternative form of put the fear of God into. [To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.]
v
(idiomatic) To be in a state of fearful alarm.
adj
Elongated form of scared.
adj
Elongated form of scary.
adj
Nonstandard form of scared. [Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.]
adj
Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
adj
(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) Very frightened, terrified.
adj
(slang, euphemistic) Very frightened, terrified.
adj
(literally) scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared.
adj
(idiomatic) Extremely frightened
adv
In a scared manner, with fear.
adj
(informal, humorous) Characterised by being timid or afraid
n
A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.
adj
Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful
adj
Characterised or marked by scariness; frightening
adj
(now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety
adj
Alternative form of scarisome [Characterised or marked by scariness; frightening]
n
A general atmosphere or situation of awfulness or dread.
v
(dialect, colloquial, often humorous) Alternative form of scared (“frightened”)
adj
Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
adv
In a sheepish way; meekly; self-consciously; with embarrassment.
adj
(colloquial) Extremely bad.
n
(idiomatic) A very shy or timid person, who avoids contact with others if possible.
adj
Causing shudders, as of fear or loathing.
adj
Causing one to shudder; fearsome.
v
to draw back in fear, cringe, back down
v
To avoid out of fear or caution.
adj
(rare) Inclined to shy, or jump back in fear.
adj
(US) Pronunciation spelling of scary. [(now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety]
adj
(US) Pronunciation spelling of scared. [Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.]
adj
Pronunciation spelling of scared. [Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.]
adj
Pronunciation spelling of scared. [Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.]
adj
Pronunciation spelling of scary. [(now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety]
adj
Easily scared or startled; timid.
adj
Frightful; terrifying; extremely unsettling.
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of spine-chilling [Inducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction.]
n
(informal) A work of fiction that induces fear or nervousness.
adj
Inducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction.
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of spine-chilling [Inducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction.]
adj
(informal) Able to be spooked or frightened.
adj
A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
adj
(informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
adj
Tending to start in fright; skittish.
adj
(colloquial) Easily startled; skittish.
adj
(obsolete) fearsome and aggressive
adv
(literary or dated) So as to cause terror or awe.
n
(obsolete) A source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.
adj
(now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring.
n
(dated or used in Scotland) An act of terrifying.
adj
Obsolete form of terrific. [(now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring.]
adj
Frightening or intimidating.
n
(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
adj
alternative form of terrorstricken [Stricken with terror; utterly terrified.]
n
(very rare) One who is terrorized.
adj
Characterised or marked by terror; frightful; frightening
n
Obsolete form of terror. [(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.]
adj
Obsolete form of timorsome. [(Scotland) Easily frightened; timorous.]
adj
Obsolete form of timorous. [Fearful; afraid; timid.]
adj
(simile, rare) Very timid.
adj
Characterised or marked by timidness; shyful
adj
Fearful; afraid; timid.
adj
(Scotland) Easily frightened; timorous.
adj
Obsolete form of timorous. [Fearful; afraid; timid.]
adj
Causing feelings of acute embarrassment.
n
(colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment.
adj
Timid, hesitant; lacking confidence.
adj
Timid, timorous, fearful.
adj
Alternative spelling of trepidatious [In a state of trepidation.]
n
A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.
adj
In a state of trepidation.
adj
(very rare, nonstandard) Causing or having the quality of trepidation.
adj
That trepidates, or that causes trepidations.
adv
In a fearful or timid manner.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of terrific. [(now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring.]
adj
(archaic) unfrightened
v
(transitive) To make a person no longer frightened.
adj
Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar.
adj
(dialectal, obsolete) Painful.
adj
(idiomatic) Causing fear, excitement, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness.
adj
Filled with or deeply affected by woe.
adj
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
adj
Alternative form of woegeous [(Ireland, colloquial) Of poor quality; woefully bad; awful.]
v
Alternative form of wouldn't be seen dead [(idiomatic) To find incredibly horrifying; embarrassing or otherwise entirely unsuitable for oneself.]
v
(idiomatic) To find incredibly horrifying; embarrassing or otherwise entirely unsuitable for oneself.
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