- frightened, scared - made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"
Antonyms: unafraid, fearless (indirect, via afraid)
- frighten, fright, scare, affright - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
--1 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun scare2, noun scarer1
The bad news will scare him
Sam cannot scare Sue
- daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
--2 is one way to intimidate, restrain
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun scare1
The performance is likely to scare Sue