Something which inspires fear or awe; an action, event, etc., that is a source of terror, dread, or wonder.

Something which inspires or instils fear or awe, in later use esp. as a means of control or influence (cf. awe, v. 2). Cf. earlier eye, n.2 2a. Obs…

A person or thing (to be) dreaded; an object or cause of fear, reverence, or awe; †a danger.

absol. A frightful person or object.

Something that scares or frightens; spec. a scarecrow. Obsolete.

In various objective senses. An object of fear; something that is, or is to be, feared. In the Bible occasionally by a Hebraism, the object of (a…

an object of fear; a bogy, spectre.

One who dismays or appals.

(a) The state of being in a fright. (b) Something that causes fright.

One who or that which causes fright or scares away. fever-frighter n. = febrifuge, adj. n.

A frightening person or thing. Frequently with of.

quasi-n. (plural) = frightful adjuncts or accessories.

One who or something which scares; spec. (usually as bird-scarer) a person or thing (other than a traditional scarecrow) for frightening birds away…

A redoubtable or formidable person. Chiefly in plural.

One who or that which frightens; spec. a member of a criminal gang who intimidates the victims of its activities, esp. in to put the frighteners i…

Ogreish behaviour or character; (also) an instance of this; a thing which threatens or intimidates.