Reverse Dictionary: FRIGHT

ADJECTIVES
► ADOUBTED frightened, afraid → 1471 obs.
► ADRAD ► ADREAD frightened, greatly afraid, put in dread → c1200 obs.
► AFEARD ► AFEARED ► AFFERED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid → c1000
► AFFRIGHT struck with fear; terrified, frightened, afraid → a1000
► AFFRIGHTABLE frightening; deterrent → 1616 obs.
► AFFRIGHTED struck with fear; frightened; alarmed → a1000 arch.
► AFFRIGHTENED  struck with fear; frightened; alarmed → 1649
► AFFRIGHTFUL that causes fright or terror; frightening, terrifying → 1603
► AFLEYED  frightened, afraid → a1500
► AFRAID OF ONE’S SHADOW easily frightened → 1994 sl.  (Bk.)
► AGHASTED frightened, terrified → a1425 obs.
► AGLIFT frightened, terrified, startled → a1400 obs.
► AGLOPPENED frightened, startled → c1450 obs.
► AWFUL frightened or apprehensive of doing something → 1608 obs.
► BETWITTERED excited, frightened, overcome with pleasing excitement → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOOGERED afraid, frightened, spooked → 1936 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERING frightening → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERISH spooky, frightening, unpleasant → 1887 Amer. dial.
► BUGGERISH spooky, frightening, unpleasant → 1974 Amer. dial.
► CANDY-ASS timid; frightened; cowardly → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CANDY-ASSED timid; frightened; cowardly → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► CREEPIFIED frightened; frightening, eerie → 1942 Amer. dial.
► CURDLING  causing terror or horror; frightening or unnerving → 1773
► DAFTED timid, frightened → 1860 Eng. dial.
► DART ► DERT frightened, terrified → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► EERIE apprehensive, frightened, in dread of spirits → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► EFFRAYED frightened, shaking with fear → 1553 obs.
► FEARDER more afraid, more frightened → 1838 Sc.
► FEARED frightened, afraid; timid → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened → 1934 Amer. dial.
► FORFRIGHTED greatly terrified, badly frightened, afraid → c1250
► FUNKED seized by fear or panic; frightened; agitated, unsettled, disturbed → 1831
► FUNKED-OUT seized by fear or panic; frightened; agitated, unsettled, disturbed → 1859
► FUNKY frightened, afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly → 1835
► GALLARD ► GALLERED frightened, scared, alarmed → 1825 Eng. dial.
► GALLEYED ► GALLIED frightened, scared, alarmed → 1825 Eng. dial.
► GALLIFIED frightened, scared, alarmed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALLOWED frightened, scared, alarmed → 1825 Eng. dial.
► GAST ► GHAST frightened; terrible → 1827 Sc.
► GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous → 19C Eng. dial.
► GLUFFED frightened, startled → 1892 Sc.
► HAIR-RAISING frightening → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► HAIRY frightening, hair-raising → 1848
► HARE-HEARTED timorous; easily frightened → 1614
► HEN-HEARTED cowardly; easily frightened; timorous → a1529
► ILL-FLEYED scared, frightened → 1884 Eng. dial.
► LEAR frightened → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MASTER CHILLY very frightening → 1902 Amer. dial.
► MEWED scattered by fright → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MISTRYSTED perplexed, confused, frightened → 1849 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OF-FEARED frightened, afraid → a1200 obs.
► PACKING DEATH terrified, frightened → 1950s Aust. sl.
► PARANOID frightened, worried, disturbed → 1960s sl.
► PINTLE-DE-PANTLEDY frightened, scared → 1671 colloq.
► POOP-SCARED extremely frightened → 1972 S. Afr.
► QUAIL to be frightened; to quake with fear → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAD frightened, afraid, apprehensive; alarmed → c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
► RAMAGE easily frightened or startled → 1567
► RAMAGEOUS ► RAMAGIOUS easily frightened or startled → c1530 obs.
► REDD ► REDE afraid, frightened → 1721 Sc.
► SCADDLE timid; easily frightened → 1894 Eng. dial.
► SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCARED CRAPLESS extremely scared or frightened → 1910s sl.
► SCARED FARTLESS extremely frightened or scared → 1930s Can. sl.
► SCARED PISSLESS extremely scared or frightened → 1910s sl.
► SCARED SHIT extremely scared or frightened → 1910s sl.
► SCARED SHITLESS extremely scared or frightened; senseless with fear or physical distress → 1910s sl.
► SCARED TITLESS extremely scared or frightened → 1910s sl.
► SCARRY easily frightened → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCART frightened, scared → 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCARTLY frightened, wild, shy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCARY frightening → 1582
► SCATTLE timid, easily frightened → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHITLESS extremely scared or frightened → 1910s sl.
► SHIT-SCARED extremely frightened; terrified; afraid → 1944 sl.
► SHIVERY-BIVERY shaking with cold or fright → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPINE-TINGLING pleasurably frightening or disturbing → 1955
► SPOOKY eerie and supernatural; frightening → 1854 sl., orig. US
​► STREAKED disconcerted, frightened, annoyed → 1834 Amer.
► UNAFFRIGHTED not frightened → 1586
► UNFLEGGIT unalarmed, not frightened → 1773 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WHITE-KNUCKLE frightening → 1988 sl.
► WINDY 1. frightening → 1919 services’ sl.
2. frightened; nervous → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► AFFRIGHTFULLY in a frightening manner; alarmingly → 1659 obs.
► POKERISHLY mysteriously; frighteningly → 1854 obs.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► BO! an exclamation meant to frighten or surprise → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► DOWN IN HIS BOOTS said when one becomes frightened → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► NOT BORN IN THE WOODS TO BE SCARED BY AN OWL not easily frightened → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ONE’S ARSE MAKES BUTTONS one is extremely worried or frightened → c1565 sl.
► ONE’S BREECHES MAKES BUTTONS one is extremely worried or frightened → 1641 sl.
► THAT WILL SET THE HAIR that will anger, surprise, frighten, or give one pause → 1984 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► AFFRAY the state of being frightened or alarmed; fear, terror → c1380 obs.
► AFFRIGHT 1. the state of being frightened; terror, fright → 1566
2. a cause or source of fear or fright; also, a frightening a person or animal → 1576
► AFFRIGHTER a frightening thing → 1612
► AFFRIGHTMENT 1. a being frightened; fright, sudden fear or alarm → 1593
2. a frightening or terrifying someone; also, a cause or source of fear → 1608
► AGHASTMENT terror, fright, alarm → 1594 obs.
► BAD TRIP any bad, unpleasant, or frightening experience → 1960s US sl.
► BAPTISM OF FIRE a difficult or frightening introduction to something → 1857
► BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOO a bad scare; a serious fright → 1930s African-American sl.
► BOOF a scare, fright → 1896 Amer. dial.
► CANARY a fright → 1980s Irish sl.
► CHILLER-DILLER something frightening → 1964 Amer. jocular usage
► DITHERS, THE a shivering fit; the ‘shivers’; fright, excitement → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEAR-BABE a thing fit only to frighten a baby → 1580 obs.
► FEAREDNESS the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright → a1300 obs.
► GALDIMENT a great fright; terror → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► GALLIMENT a fright, scare, alarm → 1790 Eng. dial.
► GAST ► GHAST a fright → c1680 Sc.
► GASTER a scare, a fright → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GLIFF a sudden fright or shock; a scare; a state of excitement → 1732 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLOCKEN a start from a fright; a sudden shock; an unexpected disaster → 1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLUFF a sudden shock or fright → 1871 Sc.
► GRURE fright, terror; something frightful, fearful agony → 900 obs.
► HOLY HORRORS a fright → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HORROR SHOW an occasion or experience that is embarrassing, disgusting, frightening, disastrous, or the like; anything unpleasant → 1959 Amer. sl.
► LANTERN-SWASH a great fright; a state of consternation → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POKERISHNESS a being frightening; scariness; eeriness → 1845 US colloq., obs.
► RADNESS fear, fright → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► SCAR a fright; a panic; an object of alarm → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCARECROW anything frightening but not really dangerous
► SKRIK a fright; a tremor of fear → L19 S. Afr.
► SPINE-TINGLER something pleasurably frightening, esp. an exciting story, etc. → 1942
► SPOOK a fright, a scare → 1980s S. Afr.
► WHITE-KNUCKLER an event or experience provoking extreme fear, suspense, or anxiety; a very frightening or suspenseful book, film, etc. → 1968 colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► AFFRIGHT a frightening a person or animal → 1576
► AFFRIGHTER a frightening person or thing → 1612
► COWARDY CALF a timid or easily frightened person → 1897 Amer. dial.
► GARISH one who looks frightened → 1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► SCARECAT a fearful person; anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened → 1897 Amer. dial.
► SCARED-CAT anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened → 1965
► SCAREDY anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened → 1933
► SCAREDY-CAT anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened → 1930 colloq.
► SCAREDY-SHITE anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened → 20C sl.
► SCARE TOAD a fearful person; one who is easily frightened → 1941 Amer. dial.
► WHITE KNUCKLER a tense, nervous, and anxious person; someone frightened → 1980s US sl.

VERBS
► ABSTER to deter, to hinder, to frighten off → 1542 obs.
► AFEAR ► AFERE ► AFFERE to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid → a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► AFFESE to frighten, to terrify; to scare, to alarm → c1425 obs.
► AFFRAY to frighten, to terrify → c1330
► AFFRIGHT to frighten, to terrify; formerly also, (obs.) to deter from → a1000
► AFFRIGHTEN to frighten, to terrify → 1615
► AGAST to frighten, to terrify; also, to astonish, to confound → c1225 obs.
► AGHAST to frighten, to dismay, to shock; to make aghast → 1876
► AGONISE to  frighten, to fill with horror → 1897 Sc.
► AIGH to frighten; to control through fear or awe → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► APPLE UP to become frightened → 1966 US sl.
► BAIZE ► BAZE to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze → 1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BEGALLOW to frighten or terrify → c1320 obs.
► BOGGLE to take fright, to shy → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOGER to cause to shy away; to frighten; to spook → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BUFFALO to frighten or intimidate someone, esp. by bluff → 1891 US sl.
► CACK IT to be very nervous or worried; to feel thoroughly frightened → 2002 UK sl.
► CHICKEN OUT to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out; to avoid or to withdraw from a plan, task, or endeavour because of fear; to quit → 1934 sl., orig. US
► CHILL to frighten someone → 2006 US (Bk.)
► CURL A PERSON’S HAIR to horrify, to frighten → 1949 colloq.
► DAW to daunt, to subdue, to frighten → 1616 obs.
► EFFEIR to frighten → 1513 Sc. obs.
► EFFRAY to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare → 1375 obs.
► EISIE to frighten → c1175 obs.
► FRIGHTEN THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ► FRIGHTEN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify  → 1951 sl.
► FRIGHTEN THE PANTS OFF to frighten or scare someone, esp. severely or when horror is presented as entertainment) thrillingly → 1967 UK sl.
► FUDGE ONE’S PANTS to become frightened → 1970s US sl.
► FUDGE ONE’S UNDIES to become frightened → 1970s US sl.
► FUNK to frighten or scare someone; to affect with anxiety, to unsettle → 1789 obs.
► FUNKIFY to frighten or scare someone → 19C sl.
► FUNK IT to become frightened or timid; to lose courage; to lose one’s nerve → 1857 UK sl.
► GALLOW to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle → 1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GALLY to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle → 1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GAST to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify → c1000 obs.
► GASTER to frighten, to scare, to terrify → 1593 obs.
► GET ONE’S BALLS IN AN UPROAR to become unduly angry, excited, frightened, etc. → 1947 US sl.
► GET THE WIND UP to take fright → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► GET UNDER ONE’S HIDE to irritate, to annoy, to frighten someone → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GLIFF to take fright, to alarm, to startle; to be seized with a panic or sudden fear; to frighten → 1823 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLOCKEN to start from fright; to astound → 1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GLOPPEN to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy → a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GLUFF to frighten, to scare, to take by surprise → 1880 Sc.
► GO CHICKEN to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out → 1930s sl., orig. US
► GRISE to terrify; to frighten → 1501 obs.
► HARE to frighten. to scare → 1659 obs.
► HAVE A BABY to experience fright, shock, or anger; also, to fret → 1950 Amer. sl.
► HAVE ONE’S HEART IN ONE’S BOOTS to be frightened half to death; to be terrified → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAZE to confound, to frighten, to scare; to scold, to upbraid; also, to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly → 1678 Eng. dial.
► KNOCK THE PEADOODLES OUT OF ONE to give one a severe blow or fright → 2000 Amer. dial.
► MAKE BUTTONS of a person: to be extremely worried or frightened → 1575 sl.
► MAKE SOMEONE CREAK IN THEIR SHOES to terrify, to frighten someone ..L19 sl.
► MAWK to frighten → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFDREDE to terrify, to frighten → c1000 obs.
► OFFEAR to frighten, to terrify → 1131 obs.
► OFFRIGHT to frighten, to terrify → c1160 obs.
► PACK ‘EM ► PACK THEM to be frightened → 1940s sl.
► PACK ONE’S SHIT to be frightened → 1940s sl.
► PACK SHIT to be frightened → 1940s sl.
► PAVEFY to make afraid, to frighten → 1656 obs.
► PSYCH OUT to intimidate or frighten → colloq.
► PUSH UP ON to frighten, to intimidate → 1990s African-American sl.
► PUT A FEAR UNTO A PERSON’S FUD to frighten a person thoroughly; to terrify → 1722
► PUT THE BREEZE UP to frighten → 1925 sl.
► PUT THE WIND UP to frighten; to make afraid; to make nervous → 1916 sl.
► RAISE ONE’S HAIR to frighten → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCADDLE to scare, to frighten → 1874 Eng. dial.
► SCAR to take fright → 1714 Sc.
► SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ► SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify; to frighten → L19 sl.
► SCARE THE PANTS OFF frighten or scare someone, esp. severely or when horror is presented as entertainment) thrillingly → 1967 UK sl.
► SCARE THE PEADOODLE CRAP OUT OF ONE ► SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to give one a severe fright → 2000 Amer. dial.
► SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF to frighten → 1961 sl.
► SCATTEL ► SCATTLE to scare, to frighten → 1856 Eng. dial.
► SHIT A BRICK to be extremely worried or frightened → 1959 sl.
► SHIT BRICKS to be extremely worried or frightened → 1961 sl.
► SPOOK to make apprehensive; to frighten → 1935 US sl.
► STURT to be startled or frightened → 1786 Sc.
► THIR to frighten out of the senses; to hurt; to strike dead → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIMMER to frighten; to be frightened → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TURN CHARLIE to turn coward or become frightened → .c1930 sl.
► WEIRD OUT to frighten someone; to cause someone emotional turmoil → 1993 US sl.
► WOLF to frighten, to intimidate→ 1970 Amer. dial.