Thesaurus / frighten
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synonyms for frighten
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- astound
- awe
- daunt
- demoralize
- deter
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- faze
- horrify
- intimidate
- perturb
- petrify
- startle
- terrify
- terrorize
- unnerve
- affright
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- chill
- cow
- disquiet
- panic
- repel
- spook
- unhinge
- chill to the bone
- curdle the blood
- disburb
- discomfort
- make blood run cold
- make teeth chatter
- scare away
- scare off
- scare to death
- stiff
- strike terror into
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Perhaps it was perpetuated by the need to seek refuge whenever something about the world would confuse or frighten me.
HOW I ESCAPED MY TROUBLES THROUGH SCIENCE - ISSUE 104: HARMONYSUBODH PATILAUGUST 25, 2021NAUTILUSAs Barry recounts, at first Damji was frightened by all sounds, “because they were meaningless.”
OUR BRAINS EXIST IN A STATE OF “CONTROLLED HALLUCINATION”MATTHEW HUTSONAUGUST 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWWhen you see its expansive, vast scale — how dynamic it is, how much it can change by the season — and you realize how critically important it is, the prospect of losing it does frighten me.
HUMANITY’S GREATEST ALLY AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE EARTH ITSELFSARAH KAPLANAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis disparity is not due to pandemic-frightened advertisers redirecting dollars away from publishers to put into platforms like Google, Facebook and Amazon.
MEDIA BRIEFING: GIMME DATA CONTROL, SAY PUBLISHERS TO IDENTITY TECH FIRMSTIM PETERSONAPRIL 8, 2021DIGIDAYLupe Villagrana, the manager at Ridgepoint Apartments in Vista, recalled an incident last year in which one of her tenants accidentally broke into the wrong unit while intoxicated and frightened the neighbor.
COUNTY’S ‘CRIME-FREE HOUSING’ PROGRAMS WALK FINE LINE BETWEEN SAFETY, SURVEILLANCEJESSE MARXMARCH 16, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThis frightens them so much that it is difficult to recapture them for the boosters that are required each year, and it can lead to injuries and separate families.
GUARDING THE WELFARE OF WILD HORSESKATIE MCLEANFEBRUARY 24, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWOne user suggested the vaccine was a tool for “population control,” and another user said that “a new vaccine in less than 1 year” frightened her.
HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BROKE NEXTDOORREBECCA HEILWEILFEBRUARY 9, 2021VOXBormann allegedly beat two of his children with a whip because they were frightened by a large dog, and kicked one for falling in a puddle.
WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT NAZI PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE WIVES OF HITLER’S TOP OFFICIALSJAMES WYLLIENOVEMBER 12, 2020TIMEThey foreclose without mercy, but that does not frighten their old patrons, who have the perennial optimism of the country.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThey did at first endeavour with their weapons to frighten us, who, lying ashore, deterred them from one of their fishing-places.
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