out+of+one's+wits
71frighten — v scare, affright, Archaic. fray, Scot. fley, Inf. funk, panic, throw into a panic; terrify, Inf. scare out of one s wits, Inf. make [s.o. s] hair stand on end, Inf. scare stiff, Sl. curl [s.o. s] hair; alarm, startle, Inf. make [s.o.] jump out… …
72scared — adjective I ve never been so scared in all my life Syn: frightened, afraid, fearful, startled, nervous, panicky, alarmed, intimidated; terrified, petrified, terrorized, horrified, unnerved, panic stricken/ struck, terror stricken/ struck, horror… …
73funk — n 1.Informal. fear, dread, fright, fearfulness; terror, horror, panic; alarm, perturbation, dismay, consternation, trepidation; uneasiness, butterflies, faint heart; hesitation, cold feet, second thoughts; recoiling, flinching, quivering,… …
74daylight — See: SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF, SEE DAYLIGHT …
75daylight — See: SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF, SEE DAYLIGHT …
76hysterical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncontrolled, wild, emotional; convulsive; frenzied, frenetic. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. convulsed, uncontrolled, raving, delirious, wildly emotional, psychoneurotic, unnerved,… …
77daylight — See: scare out of one s wits or scare the daylights out of, see daylight …
78beside — O.E. be sidan by the side of (only as two words), from BE (Cf. be ) + sidan dative of SIDE (Cf. side) (n.). By 1200, formed as one word and used as both adverb and preposition. The alternative M.E. meaning outside led to the sense preserved in… …
79petrify — v 1. ossify, fossilize, turn to stone, Archaic. lapidify, mineralize; calcify, vitrify, crystallize; indurate, harden, make hard, become hard, strengthen, stiffen, starch; solidify, densify, inspissate, Pharm. incrassate, thicken; steel, toughen …
80pan|ic-strick|en — «PAN ihk STRIHK uh, adjective. frightened out of one s wits; demoralized by fear: »The Moors, confused and…panic stricken, vainly seek to escape (Robert Southey). Owen and I looked at one another in panic stricken silence (W. Wilkie Collins) …
