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straszyć — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
  • haunt verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
  • scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.

Senses

straszyć is used for these senses in English:

  • freak out (informal, transitive) To scare or unnerve someone.
  • frighten (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
  • haunt (transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
  • 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.

haunt — full definition

  1. verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
  2. verb To trouble or prey on someone's mind persistently.
  3. noun A place someone visits often; a regular hangout.

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