skrämma — meaning in English

English meaning

• appall verb To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
• faze verb To disturb, unsettle, or worry someone (usually used in the negative, "not fazed").
• 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.

Senses

skrämma is used for these senses in English:

• appall (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
• faze (transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]
• 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.
• spook (transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).

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.

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