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erschrecken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
  • funk noun A strong, unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
  • horrify verb To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
  • scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.
  • startle verb To give someone a sudden shock or fright, usually without real danger.
  • terrify verb To frighten someone severely.

Senses

erschrecken is used for these senses in English:

  • frighten (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
  • funk (ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
  • horrify To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
  • scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.
  • startle (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
  • terrify To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.

frighten — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
  2. verb To become afraid.

funk — full definition

  1. noun A strong, unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
  2. noun A style of rhythmic dance music derived from soul music, featuring a strong bass line and syncopated beat.
  3. noun A state of depression, gloom, or nervous fear.
  4. verb To give off an unpleasant smell.

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