Thesaurus:frighten

Thesaurus:frighten

THESAURUS

frighten

English

Synonyms

• alarm

• affright

• appall

• dismay

• fray (archaic)

• frighten

• harrow

• horrify

• make someone's blood run cold

• petrify

• scare

• scare straight

• scare the bejeebers out of

• scare the pants off of

• terrorize

• terrify

Hyponyms

• daunt

• intimidate    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:afraid
• Thesaurus:disheartening
• Thesaurus:fear

Further reading

• “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “frighten” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• frighten at OneLook Dictionary Search