Frighten
101scare someone out of their wits — frighten/scare/the wits out of someone frighten scare someone out of their wits phrase to make someone feel extremely frightened The film scared the wits out of us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym …
102scare the (living) daylights out of somebody — frighten/scare the (living) ˈdaylights out of sb idiom (informal) to frighten sb very much Main entry: ↑daylightsidiom …
103scare the life out of somebody — frighten/scare the ˈlife out of sb idiom to frighten sb very much • You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that. Main entry: ↑lifeidiom …
104Frightened — Frighten Fright en, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. [1913 Webster] More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.… …
105Frightening — Frighten Fright en, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. [1913 Webster] More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.… …
106Put the scarers on — frighten (someone) …
107make one's blood run cold — frighten someone, scare a person out of his wits …
108Scare the daylights out of — frighten deeply, scare very much …
109buffalo — frighten, bluff, intimidate The director shouts a lot, but don t let him buffalo you …
110scare the life out of me — frighten me a lot, scare me badly, scared out of my wits My son jumped out of the closet and shouted boo! He nearly scared the life out of me …