frighten+off
21frighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To strike with fear] Syn. scare, alarm, terrify, daunt, dismay, cow, terrorize, shock, startle, dishearten, abash, dispirit, throw into a fright, raise apprehension, intimidate, deter, threaten, prey on the mind, badger,… …
22frighten — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel afraid: Don t stand so near the edge, you re frightening me! | frighten sb to death/frighten sb out of their wits (=make someone feel extremely afraid): She ll be frightened to death when she sees the way you drive …
23frighten — frightenable, adj. frightener, n. frighteningly, adv. /fruyt n/, v.t. 1. to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare. 2. to drive (usually fol. by away, off, etc.) by scaring: to frighten away pigeons from the roof. v.i. 3 …
24frighten someone off — drive someone away by frightening them. → frighten …
25frighten — verb cause to be afraid. ↘(frighten someone off) drive someone away by frightening them. Derivatives frightened adjective frightening adjective frighteningly adverb …
26frighten — fright•en [[t]ˈfraɪt n[/t]] v. t. 1) to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare 2) to drive by scaring (usu. fol. by away, off, etc.): to frighten away pigeons from the roof[/ex] 3) cvb to become frightened: a timid child who… …
27frighten — verb the fighting in the streets frightened us Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt; strike terror into, put the …
28frighten — /ˈfraɪtn / (say fruytn) verb (t) 1. to throw into a fright; terrify; scare. 2. to drive (away, off, etc.) by scaring. {fright + en1} …
29frighten — v.tr. 1 fill with fright; terrify (was frightened at the bang; is frightened of dogs). 2 (foll. by away, off, out of, into) drive or force by fright (frightened it out of the room; frightened them into submission; frightened me into agreeing).… …
30scare off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you scare off or scare away a person or animal, you frighten them so that they go away. [V P n (not pron)] ...an alarm to scare off an attacker. [V n P] ...the problem of scaring birds away from airport runways. Syn: frighten… …
