fright
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(verb) cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" |
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Synonyms: affright, frighten, scare |
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Related Words: alarm, appal, appall, awe, bluff, dismay, excite, horrify, intimidate, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, terrify, terrorize |
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(noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
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Synonyms: fear, fearfulness |
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Related Words: alarm, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awe, chill, consternation, creeps, dismay, dread, emotion, frisson, horror, hysteria, intimidation, panic, panic attack, quiver, reverence, scare, shiver, shudder, stage fright, terror, thrill, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tingle, veneration |
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