напуга́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
• 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.

Senses

напуга́ть 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.
• 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.

frighten — full definition

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

scare — full definition

1. noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.
2. verb To frighten someone, often briefly or mildly.

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