terrify, scaring, intimidate, terrorize, distract, spook, startle, confuse, unnerve, provoke, dissuade, annoy, unsettle, deter, embarrass, disorient, discourage, incite, goad, coerce, tempt, demoralize, enrage, hypnotize, bamboozle, mislead, rattle, delude, irritate, kill, disturb, antagonize, offend, traumatize, horrify, hoodwink, dupe, injure, harass, rile, disorientate, brainwash, nauseate, humiliate, destabilize, deafen, undermine, browbeat, threaten, endanger, alienate, traumatise, entice, deceive, desensitize, dishearten, belittle, marginalize, inflict, frustrate, amuse, excite, incapacitate, hypnotise, infuriate, bludgeon, petrify, rouse, harm, dehumanise, mesmerize, instigate, cowing, destroy, dispirit, disorganise, bemuse, embitter, demonize, overwhelm, appease, stupefy, rip, polarize, brutalise, bewilder, discredit, overpower, maim, reassure, victimize, endear, trample, titillate, mystify, entrap, inflame, malign, debilitate, seduce, arouse, discomfit

alarm, appal, appall, awe, bluff, dismay

bird-scarer, bluff, bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, browbeat, bugaboo, bugbear, bully, cow, gunfight, gunplay, overawe, scarecrow, scarer, seal bomb, shootout, spook, squint, strawman, straw man, swagger, terrify, terrorise, terrorize

chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back

affright, fright, scare