frighten (verb)

  • 91daunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. intimidate, cow, dismay, discourage. See fear, dejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dismay, appall, horrify, frighten; see dismay , frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at dismay . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 92dismay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. consternation, terror; discouragement. v. t. appall; discourage. See fear, dejection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alarm, consternation, anxiety, disheartenment; see confusion 2 , fear 2 . v. Syn. appall,… …

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  • 93intimidate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. subdue, cow, bully, scare, frighten, overawe. See fear, threat. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scare, overawe, cow, browbeat; see frighten 1 , 2 , threaten 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scare,… …

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  • 94terrorize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. coerce, intimidate, browbeat; see threaten 1 . See Synonym Study at frighten . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. terrify, frighten, scare, fill with terror, intimidate, threaten, menace, bully, browbeat, arm twist, strongarm …

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  • 95threaten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To warn of punishment] Syn. intimidate, menace, caution, admonish, hold over, scare, torment, push around, browbeat, forewarn, bully, terrorize, abuse, bluster, fulminate, look daggers, thunder against, bulldoze*, draw a gun …

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  • 96bully — bul|ly1 [ buli ] noun count * someone who frightens or hurts someone who is smaller or weaker than they are: the office/school/class/playground bully a. someone who uses their influence or status to threaten or frighten someone else in order to… …

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  • 97bully — [[t]b ʊli[/t]] bullies, bullying, bullied 1) N COUNT A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people. I fell victim to the office bully... He s a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood …

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  • 98turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned …

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  • 99bully — I UK [ˈbʊlɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bully : present tense I/you/we/they bully he/she/it bullies present participle bullying past tense bullied past participle bullied * a) to frighten or hurt someone who is smaller or weaker than you… …

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  • 100gheis- and ĝheiz-d- —     gheis and ĝheiz d     English meaning: confused, shocked     Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufgebracht, bestũrzt, erschreckt (sein)”     Note: original resemblance with ĝhei , ĝhei s in O.Ind. hinō ti etc. is very probably     Material: Av.… …

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