scare
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(noun) a sudden attack of fear |
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Synonyms: panic attack |
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Related Words: fear, fearfulness, fright |
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(noun) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare" |
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Synonyms: panic |
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Related Words: anxiety, anxiousness, red scare |
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(verb) cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" |
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Synonyms: affright, fright, frighten |
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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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(verb) cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" |
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Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off |
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Related Words: intimidate, restrain |
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