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Scare

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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Alarm 76% connected

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Appall 76% connected

To make pale; to blanch.

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Awe 76% connected

Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

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Bluff 76% connected

Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

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Dismay 76% connected

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Horrify 76% connected

To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

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Intimidate 76% connected

To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

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Spook 76% connected

A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

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Terrify 76% connected

To make terrible.

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Terrorize 76% connected

To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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Broader term 10

Anxiety 76% connected

Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

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Anxiousness 76% connected

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

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Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Fearfulness 76% connected

The state of being fearful.

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Fright 76% connected

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intimidate 76% connected

To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

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Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Scary 74% connected

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

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Scary 74% connected

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

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Dread 72% connected

To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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Fear 72% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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See also 2

Pall 66% connected

Same as Pawl.

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Pall 66% connected

Same as Pawl.

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Synonym 7

Affright 92% connected

To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dash 92% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Daunt 92% connected

To overcome; to conquer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fright 92% connected

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frighten 92% connected

To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pall 92% connected

Same as Pawl.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Panic 92% connected

A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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