Synonyms of the word

scare

• n. A minor fright.
• n. A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
• v. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

affright

• n. (archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright in.
• adj. afraid; terrified; frightened.

anxiety

• n. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some…
• n. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
• n. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression…

anxiousness

• n. The state of being anxious.
• n. A feeling of anxiety.

dash

• n. (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal…
• n. (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
• n. A short run.
• n. A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
• n. Vigor.
• n. A dashboard.
• n. (Nigeria and Liberia) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
• n. (dated, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.).
• v. (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
• v. (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
• v. (transitive) To throw violently.
• v. (transitive) To sprinkle; to splatter.
• v. (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
• v. (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
• v. (transitive) To complete hastily, usually with down or off.
• v. To draw quickly; jot.
• v. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something…
• interj. (euphemistic) Damn!

daunt

• v. to discourage, intimidate.
• v. to overwhelm.

excite

• v. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
• v. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
• v. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron…
• v. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

fear

• n. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
• n. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
• n. (uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
• v. (transitive) To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
• v. (intransitive) To feel fear (about something).
• v. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
• v. (transitive) Regret.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
• adj. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

fearfulness

• n. The quality of being fearful.

fright

• n. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short…
• n. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
• adj. (rare) frightened; afraid; affright.

frighten

• v. To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

intimidate

• v. (transitive) To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, especially by threats…

pall

• n. (archaic) Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.
• n. (Christianity) A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church.
• n. (Christianity) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the…
• n. (Christianity) A pallium (woollen vestment in Roman Catholicism).
• n. (heraldry) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter…
• n. A heavy canvas, especially one laid over a coffin or tomb.
• n. An outer garment; a cloak or mantle.
• n. (obsolete) nausea.
• n. A feeling of gloom.
• v. To cloak.
• v. (transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.
• v. (intransitive) To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste.

panic

• adj. (now rare) Pertaining to the god Pan.
• adj. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
• n. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
• n. (finance, economics) Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation…
• v. (intransitive) To feel overwhelming fear.
• v. (computing, transitive) To cause the system panic; to crash the system.
• n. (botany) A plant of the genus Panicum.

restrain

• v. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
• v. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
• v. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

shake

• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• v. (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate a negative.
• v. (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
• v. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
• v. (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To move from side to side.
• v. (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
• v. (intransitive) To dance.
• v. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
• n. The act of shaking something.
• n. A milkshake.
• n. A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
• n. Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
• n. (building material) A thin shingle.
• n. A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
• n. A fissure in rock or earth.
• n. A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
• n. (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.).
• n. (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
• n. (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff…
• n. A shook of staves and headings.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

stimulate

• v. To encourage into action.
• v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

stir

• v. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
• v. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something…
• v. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
• v. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
• v. (transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
• v. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
• v. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
• n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
• n. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
• n. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
• n. (slang) Jail; prison.