scanraigh — meaning in English

English meaning

• frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
• panic noun A sudden overwhelming feeling of fear that makes it hard to think clearly.
• scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.

Senses

scanraigh is used for these senses in English:

• frighten (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
• panic To cause (someone) to feel panic; also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
• scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

frighten — full definition

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

panic — full definition

1. noun A sudden overwhelming feeling of fear that makes it hard to think clearly.
2. verb To be overcome with sudden fear, or to cause someone to feel that way.
3. verb Of a computer, to crash suddenly and stop functioning.

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