| incise(verb, score, scratch, lacerate, graze) |
| intimidate(verb, worry, scare, frighten) |
| lambaste(verb, cut, attack, criticize, censure) |
| mark(score, graze) |
| panic(verb, worry, informal, fear, fill) |
| perturb(verb, worry, scare, frighten) |
| prick(score, graze) |
| puncture(cut, divide, curtail, sever, carve) |
| punish(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) |
| put someone on the griddle(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| put someone on the hot seat(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| rake over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, cut, attack) |
| read the riot act to(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| repel(verb, worry, scare, frighten) |
| riddle |
| rip into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, praise) |
| scare(verb, worry, fear, fill, frighten) |
| scare the daylights out of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, worry) |
| silly(verb, worry, scare, frighten) |
| startle(verb, worry, fear, fill, scare) |