frighten (verb)
121affray — 1. noun a) The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder. b) A tumultuous assault or quarrel. Syn: fray, brawl, alarm, terror, fright …
122scare — 1. noun a) A minor fright Johnny had a bad scare last night. b) A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread. JM is a scare to the capitalists of this country. Syn: fright …
123startle — 1. noun A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. 2. verb a) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Nothing could startle her, make her scold or make her cry. She did not… …
124menace — men·ace 1 / me nəs/ n 1: a show of an intention to inflict esp. physical harm accomplished against a person s will by means of force,...menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury California Penal Code 2: one who represents a threat… …
125browbeat — I verb abash, badger, beat down, bully, chide, cow, daunt, deflate, discourage, dishonor, domineer, dress down, drive, exert pressure on, frighten, give one a talking to, goad, harass, humble, humiliate, intimidate, make nervous, make one feel… …
126intimidate — in·tim·i·date /in ti mə ˌdāt/ vt dat·ed, dat·ing 1: to make timid or fearful; esp: to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2: to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of… …
127threaten — I verb admonish, augur, be near at hand, blackmail, bode, browbeat, coerce, comminari, comminate, forebode, foreshadow, forewarn, frighten, fulminate, hector, intimidate, menace, portend, presage, terrorize, use threats II index bait (harass),… …
128knife — noun 1 tool for cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ blunt, dull (esp. AmE) ▪ sharp ▪ serrated ▪ long ▪ small …
