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устраша́ть — meaning in English

ustrashat

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English meaning

  • appall verb To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
  • daunt verb To discourage, intimidate.
  • intimidate verb To frighten or pressure someone, often through threats, so they do what you want.
  • scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.

Senses

устраша́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • appall (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  • daunt (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.
  • intimidate (transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
  • scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

appall — full definition

  1. verb To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
  2. verb To make pale; to blanch.
  3. verb To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. verb To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

daunt — full definition

  1. verb To discourage, intimidate.
  2. verb To overwhelm.

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