Verb

• S: (v) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised) "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) frighten, fright, scare, affright (cause fear in) "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
• S: (v) bluff (frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is)
• S: (v) awe (inspire awe in) "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
• S: (v) terrify, terrorize, terrorise (fill with terror; frighten greatly)
• S: (v) intimidate (make timid or fearful) "Her boss intimidates her"
• S: (v) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised) "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
• S: (v) consternate (fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion) "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated"
• S: (v) spook (frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action) "The noise spooked the horse"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame