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Affrighter :: Affrighter (n.) One who frightens.

Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..

Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened..

Terrify :: Terrify (v. t.) To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

Pigeon-hearted :: Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.

Bo :: Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Shoo :: Shoo (interj.) Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls..

Gallied :: Gallied (p. p. & a.) Worried; flurried; 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..

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

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

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..

Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.

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

Hare-hearted :: Hare-hearted (a.) Timorous; timid; easily frightened.

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

Coward :: Coward (v. t.) To make timorous; to frighten.

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

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..

Affright :: Affright (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread..

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