5
astound(verb, shock, agitate, fear, shake)
5
consternation(noun, distress, anxiety, confusion, collapse)
5
distress(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
5
frighten off(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
5
pall
5
panic attack(noun, expression, idiom, attack)
5
paralyze(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
5
rattle(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
5
scare off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, shock)
5
shake(verb, stop, upset, check, bother)
5
shake up(verb, expression, shock, surprise, disconcert)
4
bulldoze(verb, upset, worry, shock, agitate)
4
deter(verb, stop, upset, check, worry)
4
discomfit(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
4
freeze(verb, frighten, startle, terrify, horrify)
4
funk(noun, distress, anxiety, alarm, dismay)
4
give a turn(verb, expression, idiom, upset, dismay)
4
perturb(verb, upset, trouble, attack, disturb)
4
recoil(noun, awful, terrible, fear, terror)
3
bully(verb, bother, pressure, intimidate, frighten)
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