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noun • building material used as siding or roofing • frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream • a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it • grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) • a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement • causing to move repeatedly from side to side verb • move or cause to move back and forth • move with or as if with a tremor • shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively • move back and forth or sideways • undermine or cause to waver • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of • get rid of • bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking • shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state | ||||||||
| 39% | 6 | A sudden intense fear/shock; or, by extension, a grotesque, horrifying or ludicrous person or thing | ||||||
noun • an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) verb • cause fear in | ||||||||
| 33% | 14 | Intense feelings of fear and shock | ||||||
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An Informal Term For An Intense Emotional Reaction Often Fear Or Shock
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1 | A sudden intense fear/shock; or, by extension, a grotesque, horrifying or ludicrous person or thing
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
15 Apr 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 15 Apr 2023 |
2 | Emotional reaction shown by rich state in transition
The Guardian Quiptic -
20 Jul 2020 | The Guardian Quiptic / 20 Jul 2020 |
3 | Emotional shock
New York Times -
29 Jun 1980 | New York Times / 29 Jun 1980 |
4 | Feeling of intense fear or shock | |
5 | Intense feelings of fear and shock | |
6 | Physical injury - powerful emotional shock
The Guardian Quick -
21 Jul 2006 | The Guardian Quick / 21 Jul 2006 |
7 | Without emotional reaction
New York Times -
25 Mar 1995 | New York Times / 25 Mar 1995 |
