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A sudden alarming shock or scare

A sudden intense feeling of fear, dread or anxiety

A displeasing or disheveled sight or appearance

A psychological, irrational or obsessive fear of (something)

(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

Derogatory slang for an unattractive or visually displeasing person

Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is

To frighten or cause fear in

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Noun

A sudden alarming shock or scare

screaming abdabs

screaming meemies

butterflies in the stomach

apprehensiveness

the fright of one's life

screaming habdabs

nervous tension

nervous excitement

delirium tremens

a fit of trembling

sense of foreboding

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“I figured he must be up there checking the site over. It gave him a right fright when he saw me, I can tell you.”

Noun

A sudden intense feeling of fear, dread or anxiety

apprehensiveness

fear and trembling

screaming abdabs

screaming habdabs

butterflies in the stomach

fight-or-flight reaction

second thoughts

mistrustfulness

lack of confidence

reconsideration

discombobulation

nervous tension

distrustfulness

pins and needles

mid-life crisis

nervous excitement

heart skipping a beat

nervous stomach

sense of foreboding

Sturm und Drang

lack of conviction

twinge of doubt

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

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“Before she could finish the sentence, Fran let out a sudden cry of fright as she was swept up off her feet.”

Noun

A displeasing or disheveled sight or appearance

frightful spectacle

grotesque sight

blot on the landscape

blot on landscape

blight on the landscape

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“I doubt if you could look a fright even if you tried. I'm certain you don't look one now.”

Noun

A psychological, irrational or obsessive fear of (something)

irrational fear

overwhelming anxiety about

bee in your bonnet

mental disturbance

psychological block

dissatisfaction

having no use for

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Noun

(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

startle reflex trigger

startle response trigger

cheap scare tactic

cheap shock tactic

internet screamer

Noun

Derogatory slang for an unattractive or visually displeasing person

Noun

Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is

fabulous creature

mythical creature

thorn in one's side

thorn in the flesh

bane of one's life

materialization^US

materialisation^UK

familiar spirit

incorporeal being

mischievous goblin

fantastical entity

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Verb

To frighten or cause fear in

scare the bejesus out of

strike terror into

put the wind up

scare the living daylights out of

make one's hair stand on end

scare the pants off

throw into a panic

make one's blood run cold

scare someone out of their wits

throw into a blue funk

put the fear of God into

curdle the blood

make teeth chatter

frighten to death

give someone goose pimples

make someone jump out of their skin

frighten the living daylights out of

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

fill with terror

chill to the bone

give someone the heebie-jeebies

frighten the life out of

scare the life out of

send into a cold sweat

frighten someone out of their wits

make someone's hair stand on end

give someone a fright

make someone shake in their shoes

scare the hell out of

strike terror in

freeze your blood

inspire panic in

get the wind up

frighten out of your wits

scare the pants off of

throw into a fright

make someone jump out of his skin

send chills down the spine of

chill someone's blood

make someone's blood run cold

make someone's hair curl

give someone a jolt

throw into a tizzy

throw into a tizz

fill with panic

throw into disarray

paralyse with fear

strike fear into

chill to the marrow

scare someone half to death

scare the daylights out of

throw off balance

ride roughshod over

use strong-arm tactics on

turn on the heat

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

give a hard time

knock for a loop

become horror-stricken

become horror-struck

blind someone with something

take your breath away

make flesh crawl

put into a flap

put off one's stroke

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

put someone off their stride

put out of countenance

scare hell out of

utter threats to

issue threats to

knock props out

put through the wringer

hold a gun to one's head

put the chill on

force one's hand

twist one's arm

cause anxiety to

weigh heavily on one's mind

be a great weight on

put the squeeze on

put pressure on

put the screws on

bring pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

use pressure on

give someone grief

hurt somebody's feelings

get on your wick

play the heavy with

give someone the creeps

be repugnant to

make someone want to throw up

be distasteful to

make your gorge rise

fill with consternation

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“But this would occasion such intricate and perplexed circumlocutions, and such a tedious length of demonstrations, as would fright any sober person from attempting to read them.”

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