frightener
One who alarms
A frightener is something or someone that frightens—a scare, a threat, or an intimidating person.
In British slang, to put the frighteners on someone is to intimidate or threaten them into compliance: The gang put the frighteners on local shopkeepers.
The word appears occasionally for horror films or haunted house actors whose job is to scare.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
eerie · chilling · nightmare · creepy · spooky · macabre · ghoulish · gruesome
Habitual intimidator
- threatIndication of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- pressureForce upon contact
dominance · aggression · terrorize · overawe · deterrence · enforcer · strongarm · heavies
Emergency response hormone
- rushQuick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
heart-pounding · rollercoaster · jump-scare · scream · spine-tingling · hair-raising · edge-of-seat · white-knuckle
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
haunted · eerie · chilling · nightmare · creepy · spooky · macabre · ghoulish · gruesome · sinister
bully
Habitual intimidator
- threatIndication of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
pressure · dominance · aggression · terrorize · overawe · deterrence · enforcer · strongarm · heavies · goon
adrenaline
Emergency response hormone
- rushQuick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
cliffhanger · heart-pounding · rollercoaster · jump-scare · scream · spine-tingling · hair-raising · edge-of-seat · white-knuckle · nail-biter
- frighten the piss out ofScare very badly
- frighten the life out of someoneScare extremely badly
- frightened rabbitScared lagomorph
frighten, frightening, frightened, frightens, frighteningly, frighteners, unfrightened