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amedrentar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • daunt verb To discourage, intimidate.
  • 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.
  • scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.

Senses

amedrentar is used for these senses in English:

  • daunt (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.
  • 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.
  • scare (intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

daunt — full definition

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

frighten — full definition

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

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