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Gally :: Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry.

Embright :: Embright (v. t.) To brighten.

Shy :: Shy (superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird..

Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off..

Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..

#NAME? :: -en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an..

Skittish :: Skittish (v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt..

Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..

Scarecrow :: Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger..

Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise..

Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.

Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.

Bugbear :: Bugbear (n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc..

Affray :: Affray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..

Rawhead :: Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones..

Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to..

Clarify :: Clarify (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

Affrightment :: Affrightment (n.) Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.

Affright :: Affright (v. t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

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