transitive. To frighten, alarm, scare, terrify.

transitive. To frighten.

transitive. To inspire with fear; to frighten. Obsolete exc. archaic or nonstandard.

transitive. To frighten, terrify.

transitive. To affect with fear, make afraid, frighten. Cf. affray, v. 1a. Obsolete exc. poetic.

impersonal. To make (a person) afraid. to be doubted, to be afraid. Obsolete.

transitive. To affect with fright; to scare, terrify. Now rare exc. poetic and dialect; in ordinary language its place has been taken by frighten…

transitive. To put to flight, rout; hence, to frighten, scare. Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive to curdle the blood: †to cause blood to thicken or clot (obsolete); (figurative) to afflict a person with strong negative emotion, esp…

To keep off by frightening; to scare.

To frighten, to scare.

transitive. To terrify.

transitive. To throw into a fright; to terrify; = fright, v. 2.

transitive. To frighten, scare.

transitive. To frighten with a sudden noise. English regional (northern and north-eastern) in later use. Obsolete.

transitive. To frighten or scare (a person); to affect with anxiety, to unsettle. Obsolete.

transitive. To frighten. Cf. aglift, adj. and gloff, n.

transitive. To frighten. Also with of.

In predicative use (chiefly as object complement). colloquial. In phrases denoting actions carried out thoroughly or to an excessive degree, esp…