пуга́ть — meaning in English
pugat
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English meaning
- appall verb To shock or horrify someone deeply.
- browbeat verb To pressure or frighten someone by being harsh and forceful.
- daunt verb To make someone feel discouraged or frightened.
- frighten verb To make someone feel afraid or alarmed; to scare.
- intimidate verb To frighten or pressure someone, often through threats, so they do what you want.
- rattle verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp knocking sounds by shaking or being shaken.
- scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.
- spook noun A ghost or supernatural apparition.
- startle verb To give someone a sudden shock or fright, usually without real danger.
Senses
пуга́ть is used for these senses in English:
- appall (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- browbeat (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
- daunt (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.
- 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.
- intimidate (transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
- rattle (transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.
appall — full definition
- verb To shock or horrify someone deeply.
- verb (archaic) To turn pale, or to make something pale.
- verb (archaic) To make something weaker.
- verb (archaic) To become weak or faint, or to lose courage.
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