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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | dumbfound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, confuse |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, explicate, lay out |
| Main Entry: | electrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrill, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | frighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shock, scare |
| Synonyms: | affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat, bulldoze, chill, chill to the bone, cow, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, make blood run cold, make teeth chatter, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, scare away, scare off, scare to death, spook, startle, stiff, strike terror into, terrify, terrorize, unhinge, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, exhilarate, gladden |
| Main Entry: | galvanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, commove, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, innervate, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, vitalize, wake, zap |
| Antonyms: | depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise; push suddenly |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bowl over, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, floor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, knock over, lay out, perturb, rock, shake, shake up, shock, shove, spring something on, stagger, start, startle, stun, throw a curve, upset |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil |
| Synonyms: | bob, bolt, bounce, carom, flinch, jerk, jounce, rebound, ricochet, spring, start, startle, wince |
| Main Entry: | panic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become, make afraid or distressed |
| Synonyms: | alarm, be terror-stricken, become hysterical, chicken out, clutch, come apart, freeze up, go to pieces, have a fit, lose it, lose nerve, overreact, push panic button, run scared, scare, shake in boots, stampede, startle, terrify, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | be calm, be content |
| Main Entry: | petrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, appall, astonish, astound, benumb, chill, confound, daze, dismay, dumbfound, horrify, immobilize, numb, paralyze, put chill on, scare, scare silly, scare stiff, spook, startle, stun, stupefy, terrify, transfix |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, please, soothe |
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