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1 (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.) vystrašiť na smrťEnglish-Slovak dictionary > (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
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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.) vystrašiť na smrťEnglish-Slovak dictionary > (frighten/scare) out of one's wits
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3 frighten
verb (to make (someone) afraid: She was frightened by a large dog.) nastrašiť* * *• vydesit• vylakat (sa)• polakat• nalakat (sa) -
4 fright
1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) strach, zdesenie2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) strašiak•- frighten
- frightened
- frightful
- frightening
- frightfully
- take fright* * *• zlaknutie• lak -
5 intimidate
[in'timideit](to frighten eg by threatening violence.) zastrašiť* * *• zastrašit• zastrašovat -
6 scare
[skeə] 1. verb(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) vystrašiť2. noun1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) strach2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) panika•- scared- scarecrow
- scaremonger
- scare away/off* * *• vzbudzovat hrôzu• vylakat sa• vyplašit• strašiak• strašit• strach• dostat strach• hrôza• hrôzostrašný• plašit• panika• postrašit• polakat• postrašit sa• laknutie• mat strach• odstrašit -
7 scare stiff
(to bore or frighten very much.) nudiť na smrť; vystrašiť sa smrť* * *• k smrti vylakat -
8 trick
[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.) lesť2) (a clever or skilful action (to amuse etc): The magician performed some clever tricks.) trik2. adjective(intended to deceive or give a certain illusion: trick photography.) trikový- trickery- trickster
- tricky
- trickily
- trickiness
- trick question
- do the trick
- play a trick / tricks on
- a trick of the trade
- trick or treat!* * *• vojnová lest• zábava• vtip• žartík• žart• zákazník• zvláštny rys• zvláštny zvyk• zvláštnost• služobná cesta• sranda• švindel• trik• úskok• dvojhodinová smena• klamné predstieranie• kocka (slang.)• klam• darebnost• osobné veci• podfuk• pán• plukovník• podvod• podviest• lest• kúzlo• kúsok• mladá elegantná žena• natiahnut• návyk• oklamat -
9 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) humor, vtipnosť, duchaplnosť2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) vtipný človek3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) dôvtip; inteligencia•- 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* * *• vtipnost• vtipný• vtip• dôvtip• duchaplný• inteligencia• chápavost• rozum -
10 terrorist
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.) terorista
См. также в других словарях:
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 into — [phrasal verb] frighten (someone) into (doing something) : to cause (someone) to do (something) because of fear The insurance agent tried to frighten her into buying the most expensive flood insurance. They frightened the boy … Useful english dictionary
frighten the life out of someone — frighten the life out of someone/frighten someone to death/informal phrase to make someone feel extremely afraid or nervous The older girls frightened us to death with tales of what would happen to us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or… … Useful english dictionary
frighten someone to death — frighten the life out of someone/frighten someone to death/informal phrase to make someone feel extremely afraid or nervous The older girls frightened us to death with tales of what would happen to us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or… … Useful english dictionary
frighten away/off — [phrasal verb] frighten (someone or something) away/off : to cause (someone or something) to go away or stay away because of fear The dog frightened the prowler away. Tourists have been frightened off by the violence in the city. • • • Main Entry … Useful english dictionary
frighten out of — [phrasal verb] frighten (someone) out of (doing something) : to keep (someone) from (doing something) because of fear Bad economic news has frightened people out of putting their money in the stock market. • • • Main Entry: ↑frighten … Useful english dictionary
frighten somebody to death — frighten/scare sb to ˈdeath idiom to frighten sb very much • Spiders frighten him to death. Main entry: ↑deathidiom … Useful english 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 the living daylights out of someone — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! … New idioms dictionary
frighten the living daylights out of — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! … New idioms dictionary
