to frighten from
21afeard — or afeared adjective Etymology: Middle English afered, from Old English āfǣred, past participle of āfǣran to frighten, from ā , perfective prefix + fǣran to frighten more at abide, fear Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect afraid …
22aghast — adjective Etymology: Middle English agast, from past participle of agasten to frighten, from a (perfective prefix) + gasten to frighten more at abide, gast Date: 13th century struck with terror, amazement, or horror ; shocked …
23affright — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English afyrht, afright frightened, from Old English āfyrht, past participle of āfyrhtan to frighten, from ā , perfective prefix + fyrhtan to fear; akin to Old English fyrhto fright more at abide, fright Date …
24scare — verb 1》 cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten. ↘(scare someone away/off) drive or keep someone away by frightening them. ↘become scared. 2》 (scare something up) informal, chiefly N. Amer. find or obtain something. noun a sudden… …
25terror — late 14c., great fear, from O.Fr. terreur (14c.), from L. terrorem (nom. terror) great fear, dread, from terrere fill with fear, frighten, from PIE root *tre shake (see TERRIBLE (Cf. terrible)). Meaning quality of causing dread is attested from… …
26phobia — 1786, fear, horror, aversion, Modern Latin, abstracted from compounds in phobia, from Gk. phobia (in widespread popular use with native words from c.1800), from phobos fear, originally flight (still the only sense in Homer), but it became the… …
27consternation — con|ster|na|tion [ˌkɔnstəˈneıʃən US ˌka:nstər ] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Latin, from consternare to frighten , from consternere to scatter, throw down , from com ( COM ) + sternere to spread out ] a feeling of worry, shock, or… …
28faze — transitive verb (fazed; fazing) Etymology: alteration of feeze to drive away, frighten, from Middle English fesen, from Old English fēsian to drive away Date: 1830 to disturb the composure of ; disconcert, daunt < nothing fazed her > …
29afraid — (adj.) early 14c., originally pp. of afray frighten, from Anglo Fr. afrayer, from O.Fr. esfreer (see AFFRAY (Cf. affray) (n.)). A rare case of an English adjective that never stands before a noun. Because it was used in A.V. Bible, it acquired… …
30terrify — 1570s, from L. terrificare to frighten, from terrificus causing terror (see TERRIFIC (Cf. terrific)) …
