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Synonyms for frighten off
frighten off
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Princeton's WordNet
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scareverb
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
Synonyms:
weary, dull, shoot, scoot, pall, cloy, flash, fatigue, scare, fright, affright, scare off, frighten, tire, frighten away, scud, jade, die, become flat, scare away, crash, daunt, dart, dash, smash
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1174 | flash | |
#1763 | die | |
#4498 | crash | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#6587 | tire | |
#8587 | dash | |
#9715 | jade | |
#10055 | fatigue | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13346 | smash | |
#13901 | scare | |
#15944 | dart | |
#19799 | weary | |
#29576 | fright | |
#35818 | pall | |
#43167 | frighten | |
#56541 | scoot | |
#59155 | scud | |
#172953 | daunt | |
#224580 | affright | |
#280664 | cloy |
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Niccollo Machavelli, The Prince.:
So as a prince is forced to know how to act like a beast, he must learn from the fox and the lion; becouse the lion is defenceless against traps and the fox is defenceless against wolves. Therefore one must be a fox in order to recognise traps and lion to frighten off wolves.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince:
One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves.
Peel Hunt analyst Nick Batram:
There is nothing in these results that I think would frighten off any potential suitors, perhaps, on the contrary, they might want to get their business done sooner rather than later - just in case this is the beginning of a recovery.
It can potentially frighten off those lower-income people who can most benefit from higher education.
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