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How to sign: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Similiar / Same: fear, fearfulness
Categories: emotion
Within this category: alarm, apprehension, creeps, frisson, horror, hysteria, intimidation, panic, scare, stage fright, timidity
How to sign: cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me";
See also: frighten away, frighten off, scare off, scare away, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare off, scare away, daunt, scare, pall, scare, pall, dash, dash
Similiar / Same: frighten, scare, affright
Categories: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
Within this category: awe, bluff, consternate, dismay, intimidate, spook, terrify