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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, threaten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, dismay, dragoon, fright, frighten, hector, horrify, intimidate, menace, oppress, petrify, scare, scare to death, shock, spook, startle, strike terror into, strong-arm, terrify |
| Antonyms: | assuage, calm, help, please |
| Main Entry: | appall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, appal, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to, gross out, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | comfort, embolden, encourage, reasurre |
| Main Entry: | hector |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully |
| Synonyms: | badger, bait, bluster, browbeat, dominate, harass, heckle, intimidate, irritate, nag, plague, ride, swagger, tease, torment, worry |
| Main Entry: | strong-arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully |
| Synonyms: | assault, browbeat, coerce, force, intimidate, terrorize, violence |
| Main Entry: | affright |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, daunt, fright, intimidate, panic, scare, spook, startle, terrify |
| Main Entry: | blackjack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coerce |
| Synonyms: | force, influence, intimidate, pressure, threaten |
| Main Entry: | scarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten |
| Synonyms: | affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat, bulldoze, chill to the bone, chill*, cow, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, make blood run cold, make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, make teeth chatter, panic*, perturb, petrify, repel, scare, scare away, scare off, scare the daylights out of, scare to death, silly, spook, startle, stiff, strike terror into, terrify, terrorize, unhinge, unnerve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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