What is another word for frighten?
1000 synonyms found
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[ fɹˈa͡ɪtən], [ fɹˈaɪtən], [ f_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for frighten:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- affright (noun)
- fright (noun)
- frighten (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- alarm (verb)
- appall/appal (verb)
- awe (verb)
- browbeat (verb)
- cow (verb)
- deter (verb)
- discourage (verb)
- dismay (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- frighten (verb)
- galvanize (verb)
- haunt (verb)
- horrify (verb)
- molest (verb)
- rattle (verb)
- shake (verb)
- shock, scare (verb)
- terrify (verb)
- terrorize (verb)
- threaten (verb)
- unnerve (verb)
- other synonyms
- alarm
- amaze
- dismay
- dispirit
- drive off
- endanger
- haunt
- other relevant words
- threaten
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Frighten:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- urge on,
- entice,
- inveigle,
- prod,
- repel,
- prevail on,
- persuade,
- stampede,
- stave off,
- motivate,
- fascinate,
- spur,
- convince,
- dissuade.
v.
• alarm (verb) • appall/appal (verb)- out-rage,
- out rages,
- dis concerts,
- dis heartens,
- dis-concert,
- out rage,
- out-rages,
- dis-heartens,
- dis heartened,
- dis concerting,
- dis-hearten,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-concerting,
- out-raging,
- gotten to,
- out raged,
- grossing out,
- dis-heartening,
- out-raged,
- dis-concerted,
- out raging,
- dis concerted,
- dis heartening,
- dis-concerts,
- gat to,
- dis hearten,
- dis concert,
- grosses out.
- over-awes,
- showboated,
- over awed,
- grand-stands,
- blowing away,
- hotdogged,
- over-awe,
- blows away,
- grand stands,
- over-awed,
- grand standing,
- over awe,
- knocks socks off,
- knocked socks off,
- over awes,
- over awing,
- knocking socks off,
- grand-standing,
- grand stand,
- over-awing.
- Over-bearing,
- puts through the wringer,
- lords over,
- over-borne,
- over bearing,
- over borne,
- putting chill on,
- lorded it over,
- puts chill on,
- putting heat on,
- lorded over,
- lords it over,
- lording over,
- over-bears,
- over born,
- overborn,
- puts through wringer,
- leaned on,
- overbore,
- despotizes,
- lord over,
- puts heat on,
- putting through wringer,
- puts the chill on,
- over-bore,
- putting the chill on,
- over-born,
- over bears,
- leans on,
- leant on,
- putting through the wringer,
- despotized,
- despotizing,
- over bore,
- lording it over,
- over bear.
- turn on heat,
- turn heat,
- co-wing,
- sub due,
- turns the heat,
- co wing,
- sub dues,
- dis-comfits,
- sub-due,
- walking heavy,
- turned on heat,
- pushes around,
- strongarm,
- turned the heat,
- turning on the heat,
- co wed,
- walked heavy,
- turning on heat,
- walks heavy,
- turning the heat,
- buffaloing,
- turns on heat,
- turns on the heat,
- turn the heat,
- co-wed,
- turning heat,
- dis comfits,
- dis comfit,
- pushed around,
- turns heat,
- turned on the heat,
- turned heat,
- dis-comfit,
- sub-dues.
- re-strains,
- acts like wet blanket,
- de barred,
- acted like a wet blanket,
- re strain,
- forfended,
- threw cold water on,
- disadvising,
- dis-advising,
- de-barred,
- fore-stalled,
- de-bar,
- acts like a wet blanket,
- talks out of,
- putting a damper on,
- throws cold water on,
- re strains,
- dis-advises,
- dis advising,
- fore-stalling,
- pre vents,
- disadvises,
- fore-stall,
- fore-stalls,
- disadvised,
- pre-venting,
- dis advises,
- re strained,
- pre-vented,
- de-bars,
- dis-advise,
- puts a damper on,
- pre venting,
- acting like a wet blanket,
- dis-advised,
- forfends,
- fore stall,
- re-strained,
- acting like wet blanket,
- fore stalled,
- de bars,
- acted like wet blanket,
- re straining,
- de barring,
- throwing cold water on,
- re-straining,
- act like wet blanket,
- de-barring,
- talked out of,
- pre-vent,
- pre vent,
- puts damper on,
- fore stalling,
- putting damper on,
- dis advise,
- pre-vents,
- dis advised,
- forfending,
- fore stalls,
- de bar,
- re-strain.
- de-pressing,
- de press,
- in disposing,
- break one heart,
- dis-inclined,
- de moralized,
- break heart,
- dis-inclines,
- with held,
- with-holds,
- de-pressed,
- dis courage,
- breaks ones heart,
- dis-favoring,
- beats down,
- turns aside,
- with-hold,
- dis-favors,
- brake ones heart,
- de-moralized,
- de-moralize,
- in disposed,
- de pressed,
- inter fere,
- with holds,
- dis-courages,
- in disposes,
- brake heart,
- de presses,
- re-pressing,
- dis courages,
- dis countenancing,
- re pressing,
- dis incline,
- inter-feres,
- in-disposed,
- dis-incline,
- dis-countenance,
- dis-countenancing,
- dis favored,
- dis countenanced,
- dis-countenances,
- inter-fere,
- break ones heart,
- in dispose,
- re press,
- de pressing,
- de moralizing,
- inter feres,
- de moralizes,
- broke one heart,
- dis-favor,
- breaking ones heart,
- with hold,
- re pressed,
- breaks heart,
- dis inclines,
- de-moralizing,
- indisposes,
- breaks one's heart,
- in-disposes,
- re-presses,
- dis inclined,
- de-presses,
- dis-favored,
- dis countenances,
- dis favor,
- broke ones heart,
- dis-courage,
- breaking one heart,
- in-dispose,
- de-press,
- breaks one heart,
- brake one's heart,
- with holding,
- beating down,
- holds off,
- casts down,
- breaking heart,
- brake one heart,
- dis-inclining,
- re presses,
- dis favoring,
- dis favors,
- de-moralizes,
- de moralize,
- dis countenance,
- dis inclining,
- dis-countenanced,
- with-held,
- broke one's heart,
- broke heart,
- in-disposing,
- breaking one's heart.
- be-wilders,
- dis quiet,
- dis composes,
- dis maying,
- un-hinging,
- dis compose,
- dis-illusions,
- dis-quiets,
- dis-composes,
- dis-may,
- un hinged,
- dis-quieted,
- be-wilder,
- throw in to tizzy,
- dis-illusioned,
- dis may,
- dis quiets,
- dis quieted,
- threw into a tizzy,
- dis-mayed,
- up-sets,
- dis-composing,
- mucks up,
- dis composed,
- un hinges,
- throws into tizzy,
- up setting,
- throws in to tizzy,
- dis-quieting,
- dis-maying,
- dis quieting,
- dis-quiet,
- throws into a tizzy,
- dis illusion,
- throw in to a tizzy,
- up sets,
- throwing into a tizzy,
- threw into tizzy,
- up-setting,
- throwing in to tizzy,
- threw in to a tizzy,
- be wilder,
- un hinge,
- dis-illusion,
- dis-composed,
- un hinging,
- be-wildering,
- throwing into tizzy,
- be-wildered,
- be wildering,
- dis-compose,
- threw in to tizzy,
- dis illusions,
- throwing in to a tizzy,
- snafuing,
- be wildered,
- un-hinged,
- be wilders,
- dis illusioned,
- throws in to a tizzy,
- dis-mays,
- mucking up,
- un-hinge,
- dis mays,
- dis composing,
- dis mayed,
- un-hinges,
- up-set.
- un-settled,
- ex citing,
- dis tract,
- made uneasy,
- ex cites,
- un settling,
- un-settling,
- un-settle,
- un settled,
- un settles,
- dis-tracts,
- ex-cite,
- burns up,
- ex cited,
- dis tracts,
- ex cite,
- ex-cites,
- burnt up,
- dis-tract,
- making uneasy,
- un settle,
- makes uneasy,
- ex-cited.
- be devilling,
- be-devilling,
- be setting,
- be-deviling,
- weighed on,
- be devils,
- in habit,
- over running,
- be-sieged,
- in habited,
- re-turns,
- in-habits,
- be deviled,
- re turning,
- being ever present,
- be-devil,
- be-sets,
- be-devils,
- re curred,
- in habiting,
- in-habited,
- be-sieges,
- re appear,
- be sets,
- staid with,
- re-turned,
- weighs on,
- re-curred,
- is ever present,
- in habits,
- be-set,
- in-habiting,
- re-curring,
- be sieged,
- re turn,
- weighing on,
- re-appeared,
- re curring,
- wert ever present,
- re-appear,
- re appearing,
- Re-turn,
- re-turning,
- be-sieging,
- be-siege,
- stayed with,
- be devilled,
- re-appearing,
- be deviling,
- are ever present,
- be-setting,
- re appears,
- be sieging,
- re turns,
- re appeared,
- am ever present,
- was ever present,
- be devil,
- be sieges,
- re-appears,
- in-habit,
- over runs,
- stays with,
- be-devilled,
- be siege,
- be-deviled,
- wast ever present,
- were ever present.
- dis gusts,
- dis-gusted,
- dis gusted,
- dis-gusts,
- chilled off,
- dis-gusting,
- chills off,
- dis gust,
- dis gusting,
- dis-gust,
- chilling off.
- rattling ones cage,
- rattled one cage,
- rattled one's cage,
- rattling one cage,
- rattles ones cage,
- rattle ones cage,
- put out countenance,
- rattling cage,
- rattling one's cage,
- rattles one's cage,
- rattle cage,
- psychs out,
- psyching out,
- putting out of countenance,
- rattles one cage,
- rattled cage,
- rattled ones cage,
- rattles cage,
- puts out countenance,
- puts out of countenance,
- rattle one cage,
- putting out countenance.
- under-mined,
- un-stringing,
- knocking props out,
- knocked props out,
- un stringing,
- making waves,
- un-stringed,
- un-strings,
- un strung,
- un stringed,
- unstringed,
- un-string,
- threw a curve,
- throws a curve,
- throws curve,
- under mining,
- throw curve,
- under-mining,
- un strings,
- unstrings,
- throwing curve,
- under mined,
- un-strung,
- knocks props out,
- throwing a curve,
- un string,
- threw curve.
- scare pants of,
- scaring the pants off of,
- scared pants off of,
- strikes fear into,
- strook fear in to,
- scaring pants off of,
- scared the pants of,
- scares the pants off of,
- striking fear in to,
- struck fear in to,
- scaring the pants of,
- strikes fear in to,
- strike fear in to,
- striking fear into,
- scare pants off of,
- scaring pants of,
- struck fear into,
- scares pants off of,
- scared pants of,
- scares the pants of,
- scares pants of,
- scare the pants of,
- strook fear into,
- scared the pants off of.
Other synonyms:
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- scare into,
- traumatize,
- reek,
- weigh on,
- niggle.
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- shake up,
- spook,
- paralyze,
- weigh down.
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- nag.
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- exercise.
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- trouble.
- scared silly,
- scared stiff,
- panic,
- scare silly,
- scares stiff,
- scare stiff,
- scare to death,
- scared to death,
- give a turn,
- make jump.
- awe.
- mystify,
- took aback,
- throw into tizzy,
- mystified,
- snafued,
- take aback,
- up set,
- consternate,
- throw into a tizzy,
- taking aback,
- takes aback,
- mucked up,
- muck up.
- over-runs,
- voodooing,
- voodooed,
- infests,
- stay with,
- obsessing,
- pervades,
- be ever present,
- be set,
- Infesting,
- staying with,
- over-run.
- shake,
- overawes,
- unstringing,
- put a damper on,
- gets to,
- horrify,
- put out of countenance,
- Uncalm,
- keep back,
- disinclines,
- kept back,
- Tyrannized,
- Overawing,
- Forfend,
- rattle,
- beat down,
- got to,
- get to,
- Pothered,
- heckling,
- make waves,
- galvanize,
- dragoons,
- showboats,
- unnerve,
- Disfavoring,
- Despotize,
- bludgeoned,
- unnerved,
- Disinclining,
- Commoving,
- strong arm,
- burned up,
- indispose,
- Dragooning,
- Frighted,
- overborne,
- grieve,
- overbear,
- put damper on,
- makes waves,
- act like a wet blanket,
- terrify,
- terrorize,
- showboating,
- Buffaloes,
- Dragooned,
- shutting out,
- put through wringer,
- make uneasy,
- appal,
- tire,
- turned aside,
- lean on,
- cast down,
- walk heavy,
- overawe,
- keeping back,
- overawed,
- Grand-stand,
- push around,
- haunt,
- Indisposing,
- overbears,
- pushing around,
- Disadvise,
- Disfavored,
- burn up,
- discourage,
- disturb,
- Damping,
- strike fear into,
- buffalo,
- cow,
- unstring,
- woken,
- keeps back,
- grossed out,
- turning aside,
- unstrung,
- hotdogs,
- gross out,
- getting to,
- prohibit,
- lord it over,
- scare the pants off of,
- hotdog,
- showboat,
- knock props out,
- impend,
- over-bear,
- throw a curve,
- put through the wringer,
- Frighting,
- casting down,
- Imprest,
- bludgeoning,
- Damped,
- innervate,
- pother,
- burning up,
- shut out,
- talk out of,
- talking out of,
- disincline,
- turn on the heat,
- alarm,
- turn aside,
- buffaloed,
- psych out,
- break one's heart,
- put heat on,
- commove,
- DAMPS,
- put the chill on,
- molest,
- deter,
- dragoon,
- blew away,
- browbeat,
- chill off,
- throw cold water on,
- rattle one's cage,
- knock socks off,
- put chill on,
- appall,
- dismay,
- Pothering,
- heckle,
- psyched out,
- put off,
- leaning on,
- hotdogging,
- blow away,
- hold off.
- be on the horizon,
- put at risk,
- hang over,
- be imminent,
- hanging over,
- be in the air,
- be in the offing,
- put in jeopardy,
- be dangerous,
- be gathering.
- be terror-stricken,
- benumb,
- scared,
- pall,
- outrageously,
- daunting,
- stupefy,
- dash,
- cuisine,
- revolt,
- dread,
- domineer,
- meanly,
- discombobulate,
- bewildered,
- unhinge,
- kitchen,
- make blood run cold,
- alarmed,
- perplex,
- terrifying,
- frighten off,
- horridly,
- faze,
- numb,
- devastating,
- cookery,
- be startled,
- daunt,
- disconcert,
- disquiet,
- jar,
- shaky,
- confound,
- hassle,
- anxious,
- frightfully,
- jolt,
- be afraid of,
- awful,
- fearful,
- abash,
- alarmingly,
- upset,
- electrify,
- strike terror into,
- imperil,
- go to pieces,
- uneasy,
- dreadfully,
- confuse,
- mix,
- curdle the blood,
- affray,
- astound,
- terror,
- stagger,
- speechless,
- astonish,
- pressurize,
- rush,
- atrociously,
- startlingly,
- horror,
- tyrannize,
- horrifically,
- make teeth chatter,
- pressure,
- wind,
- horribly,
- funk,
- fearfully,
- majestically,
- flabbergast,
- appal orappall,
- bowl down,
- scare off,
- irresistible,
- dispirit,
- keep after,
- stir,
- depress,
- put out,
- terrified,
- appallingly,
- paralyse,
- risk,
- threat,
- dishearten,
- be alarmed,
- awing,
- nauseate,
- fluster,
- afraid,
- shockingly,
- stiff,
- arouse,
- surprised,
- disburb,
- excite,
- menace,
- dumbfound,
- be terrified,
- be fearful,
- scare away,
- throw,
- intimidating,
- discomfit,
- outrage,
- make nervous,
- rout,
- badger,
- agog,
- awfully,
- nastily,
- terrifically,
- scare shitless,
- horrible,
- ominously,
- scary,
- cry havoc,
- be frightened,
- danger,
- lean,
- terrifyingly,
- scar,
- unman,
- stun,
- Feeze,
- consternation,
- hazard,
- frightful,
- Direly,
- be terror-struck,
- fray,
- be afraid,
- sicken,
- awesomely,
- cry wolf,
- tremulous,
- timidly,
- move off,
- ruffle,
- horrendously,
- scourge,
- disgust,
- shocked,
- stunningly,
- food,
- discompose,
- frighten away,
- fearsomely,
- horrifyingly,
- gruesomely,
- Dumfound,
- aghast,
- hector,
- formidable,
- flurry,
- make one's blood run cold,
- scatter,
- shy,
- fall apart,
- appalled,
- amaze,
- insurmountable,
- horripilate,
- dominate,
- cooking,
- hideously,
- alarming,
- discomfort,
- endanger,
- sound the alarm,
- chill to the bone,
- perturb,
- frighteningly,
- trepidation,
- overwhelm,
- bowl over,
- disturbingly,
- astonished,
- make one's hair stand on end,
- overwhelming,
- timid,
- daze,
- timorously,
- vilely,
- curl hair.
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