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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, give a turn, make jump, panic, scare, scare silly, scare stiff, scare to death, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe |
| Main Entry: | horrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scare |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, appall, chill off, consternate, daunt, disgust, dismay, frighten, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare to death, shake, shock, sicken, terrify, terrorize |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | spook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, scare |
| Synonyms: | alarm, curdle the blood, discomfort, horrify, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, panic, petrify, scare away, scare stiff, scare the pants off of, scare to death, startle, strike terror into, terrify, unnerve |
| Main Entry: | startle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, surprise |
| Synonyms: | affright, agitate, alarm, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, bolt, consternate, floor, fright, give a turn, jump, make jump, rock, scare, scare to death, shake up, shock, spook, spring, spring something on, stagger, start, stun, take aback, terrify, terrorize |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, compose, expect |
| Main Entry: | terrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scare |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, chill, dismay, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, paralyze, petrify, scare stiff, scare the pants off of, scare to death, shock, spook, startle, strike fear into, stun, stupefy, terrorize |
| Antonyms: | calm, delight, please |
| Main Entry: | terrorize |
| 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: | 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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| Concept: | [Indication of danger.] Alarm. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle., false alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo.
-verbs
give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm; alarm; warn; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf.
-adjectives
alarming
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