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EFFRAY Synonyms

There are 9 synonyms of the word effray. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word effray. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for EFFRAY

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alarm
verb, nounv, n
noun

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

verb

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

daunt
verbv
verb

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

dismay
verbv
noun

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

verb

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

frighten
verbv
verb

• cause fear in

intimidate
verbv
verb

• make timid or fearful

• to compel or deter by or as if by threats

petrify
verbv
verb

• cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright

• change into stone

• make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

scare
verbv
noun

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

verb

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

startle
verbv
noun

• a sudden involuntary movement

verb

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

terrify
verbv
verb

• fill with terror; frighten greatly

Alternatives for ALARM

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