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1 frighten
• hätkähdyttää• hätkäyttää• järkyttää• heristellä• heristää• hirvittää• kauhistuttaa• pelotella• pelottaa• pelästyttää• säikäyttää• säikyttää* * *verb (to make (someone) afraid: She was frightened by a large dog.) säikäyttää -
2 (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
((to frighten) (almost) to the point of madness: The sight of the gun in his hand scared me out of my wits.) pelästyttää puolikuoliaaksiEnglish-Finnish dictionary > (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
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3 (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
((to frighten) (almost) to the point of madness: The sight of the gun in his hand scared me out of my wits.) pelästyttää puolikuoliaaksiEnglish-Finnish dictionary > (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
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4 fright
• pakokauhu• hätkähdys• kauhu• linnunpelätti• kammo• pelko• pelästys• pelätin• säikähdys• säpsähdys• kuvatus* * *1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) säikähdys2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) kuin linnunpelätin•- frighten
- frightened
- frightful
- frightening
- frightfully
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5 intimidate
• hirvittää• simputtaa• uhkailla• pelotella• pelottaa• säikähdyttää* * *in'timideit(to frighten eg by threatening violence.) pelotella -
6 scare
• olla peloissaan• paniikki• pakokauhu• hätkähtää• hätkähdyttää• järkyttää• huolestuttaa• hirvittää• huolettaa• epäilyttää• alistaa• ajatteluttaa• arastella• arkailla• askarruttaa• ujostella• kauhistaa• karmaista• kauhistuttaa• kavahtaa• kammoksuttaa• kammottaa• kainostella• pelästyä• pelätä• pelottaa• pelko• pelotella• pelästyttää• pelästys• säikäyttää• säpsähtää• säikähtää• säikyttää• säikähdys• säikkyä* * *skeə 1. verb(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) pelästyttää2. noun1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) pelästys2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) pelko•- scared- scarecrow
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7 scare stiff
(to bore or frighten very much.) ikävystyttää/pelästyttää kuoliaaksi -
8 terrorist
• terroristi* * *noun (a person who tries to frighten people or governments into doing what he/she wants by using or threatening violence: The plane was hijacked by terrorists; ( also adjective) terrorist activities.) terroristi -
9 trick
• omituisuus• trikki• niksi• neuvo• hämäys• ilve• jekku• juoni• huijata• vehkeily• puijata• poppakonsti• tepponen• temppumedicine, veterinary• tikki• keino• keino (juoni)• kepponen• koirankujeet• kikka• koiruus• metku• peli• pettää• petkuttaa• taitotemppu• tapa• kuje• konsti• kolttonen• kompa* * *trik 1. noun1) (something which is done, said etc in order to cheat or deceive someone, and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid: The message was just a trick to get her to leave the room.) juoni2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) temppu2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) trikki-- trickery- trickster
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- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
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10 wit
• sukkeluus• älykkyys• äly• älyniekka• koomikko* * *wit1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) nokkeluus2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) vitsiniekka3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) järki•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits
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frighten — frighten, fright, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, affray, affright mean to strike or to fill with fear or dread. Frighten is perhaps the most frequent in use; it is the most inclusive, for it may range in implicaton from a momentary… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
frighten — [frīt′ n] vt. 1. to cause to feel fright; make suddenly afraid; scare; terrify 2. to force (away, out, or off) or bring ( into a specified condition) by making afraid [to frighten someone into confessing] vi. to become suddenly afraid… … English World dictionary
frighten — 1660s, from FRIGHT (Cf. fright) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Frightened; frightening. The earlier verb was simply fright (O.E. fyrhtan) to frighten … Etymology dictionary
frighten — ► VERB 1) cause to be afraid. 2) (frighten off) drive away by fear. DERIVATIVES frightened adjective frightening adjective frighteningly adverb … English terms dictionary
Frighten — Fright en, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. [1913 Webster] More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frighten — I verb affright, alarm, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, cow, daunt, deter, disquiet, exterrere, fright, give cause for alarm, horrify, intimidate, menace, panic, petrify, raise apprehension, scare, shock, shock with sudden fear, startle, strike with… … Law dictionary
frighten — [v] shock, scare affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat*, bulldoze*, chill, chill to the bone*, cow, curdle the blood*, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze,… … New thesaurus
frighten — v. 1) (d; tr.) to frighten into (to frighten smb. into submission) 2) (d; tr.) to frighten out of (to frighten smb. out of doing smt.) 3) (misc.) to frighten smb. to death * * * (misc.) to frighten smb. to death (d; tr.) to frighten into (to… … Combinatory dictionary
frighten — fright|en [ˈfraıtn] v [T] to make someone feel afraid = ↑scare ▪ Don t stand so near the edge! You re frightening me. ▪ She was frightened by the anger in his eyes. ▪ Computers used to frighten me, but not now. frighten sb to death/frighten the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
frighten */*/ — UK [ˈfraɪt(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms frighten : present tense I/you/we/they frighten he/she/it frightens present participle frightening past tense frightened past participle frightened to make someone feel afraid, especially suddenly … English dictionary
frighten — verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ The prospect of war really frightens me. ▪ almost ▪ easily ▪ a man who doesn t frighten easily (= become frightened easily) … Collocations dictionary
