26
terrify(verb, shock, agitate, fear, shake)
19
alarm(noun, verb, shock, agitate, fear)
19
startle(verb, shock, fear, commotion, wonder)
17
scare(noun, verb, shock, agitate, fear)
17
frighten(verb, shock, fear, shake, throw)
15
horrify(verb, upset, shock, agitate, fear)
14
astound(verb, upset, worry, destroy, halt)
14
astonish(verb, shock, commotion, wonder, frighten)
14
stun(verb, halt, shock, confuse, affect)
13
harden(verb, close, set, hard, settle)
12
fossilize(verb, close, set, fix, hard)
12
stupefy(verb, shock, affect, commotion, wonder)
11
ossify(verb, close, set, fix, hard)
11
shock(verb, commotion, excitation, astonishment)
10
amaze(verb, shock, commotion, wonder, frighten)
10
solidify(verb, close, set, fix, hard)
9
benumb(verb, destroy, halt, shock, weaken)
9
confound(verb, shock, commotion, wonder, frighten)
9
dismay(verb, shock, confuse, agitate, fear)
9
freeze(verb, close, set, fix, destroy)
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