| cringe | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. |
| v. (motion) | 2. cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel | show submission or fear. |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| intimidate | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. intimidate | make timid or fearful.; "Her boss intimidates her" |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ hold over | intimidate somebody (with a threat).; "She was holding it over him" |
| ~ ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm | be bossy towards.; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. intimidate, restrain | to compel or deter by or as if by threats. |
| ~ warn | notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking" |
| ~ daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, pall, scare, dash | cause to lose courage.; "dashed by the refusal" |
| ~ discourage | deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. |
| scare | | |
| n. (state) | 1. panic, scare | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" |
| ~ anxiety, anxiousness | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic. |
| ~ red scare | a period of general fear of communists. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. panic attack, scare | a sudden attack of fear. |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| v. (emotion) | 3. affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is. |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ awe | inspire awe in.; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" |
| ~ dread, fear | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" |
| ~ terrify, terrorise, terrorize | fill with terror; frighten greatly. |
| ~ intimidate | make timid or fearful.; "Her boss intimidates her" |
| ~ alarm, horrify, appal, appall, dismay | 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" |
| ~ consternate | fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion.; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated" |
| ~ spook | frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action.; "The noise spooked the horse" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off | cause to lose courage.; "dashed by the refusal" |
| ~ intimidate, restrain | to compel or deter by or as if by threats. |
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