· cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

Synonym(s): frighten, fright, affright

Hypernym(s): stimulate, shake, shake_up, excite, stir

· cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

Synonym(s): daunt, dash, scare_off, pall, frighten_off, scare_away, frighten_away

Hypernym(s): intimidate

· mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

Synonym(s): mark, pock, pit

Hypernym(s): deface, disfigure, blemish

· made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"

Synonym(s): frightened