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frighten

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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: alarm
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: appall/appal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: horrify

Synonyms:

alarm, amaze, 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, encourage, reassure, satisfy
Main Entry: awe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: amaze

Synonyms:

alarm, appall, astonish, blow away, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, hotdog, impress, intimidate, knock socks off, overawe, scare, showboat, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify

Antonyms:

expect
Main Entry: browbeat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: castigate, nag

Synonyms:

badger, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, despotize, domineer, dragoon, frighten, harass, hector, intimidate, lean on, lord it over, oppress, overawe, overbear, put heat on, put the chill on, put through the wringer, threaten, tyrannize

Antonyms:

boost, coax, compliment, praise
Main Entry: cow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: browbeat, intimidate

Synonyms:

abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, dragoon, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, lean on, overawe, push around, rattle, scare, showboat, strong-arm, subdue, terrorize, turn on the heat, unnerve, walk heavy

Antonyms:

encourage, hearten, inspirit
Main Entry: deter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: check, inhibit from action

Synonyms:

act like a wet blanket, avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, disadvise, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, forfend, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a damper on, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, talk out of, throw cold water on, turn off, warn

Antonyms:

encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, put on to, stimulate, support, turn on, urge
Main Entry: discourage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dishearten, dispirit

Synonyms:

abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh

Antonyms:

encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit
Main Entry: discourage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deter, dissuade; restrain

Synonyms:

check, chill, control, curb, deprecate, disadvise, discountenance, disfavor, disincline, divert, frighten, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, indispose, inhibit, interfere, keep back, obstruct, prevent, put off, quiet, repress, scare, shake, talk out of, throw cold water on, turn aside, turn off, warn, withhold

Antonyms:

encourage, inspire, spur on
Main Entry: dismay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disappoint, fill with consternation

Synonyms:

abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flummox, fluster, foul up, frighten, get to, horrify, louse up, mess up*, muck up, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up, shake, snafu, take aback, terrify, terrorize, throw, throw into a tizzy, unhinge, unnerve, upset

Antonyms:

assure, encourage, make happy
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