bristle
watch
fence
stick one's neck out
bellicose
deterrence
fearful
have one's back up
alert
alarm
shuddery
shivery
chilling
scary
wary
mind
beware
intimidating
intimidation
harassment
defend
threaten
environ
aware
get the wind up
on a string
cautionary
fearmongering
cower
swagger
restraint
browbeat
affrontive
brave
courageous
bully
foreguard
tremble
ward
aggression
one will know the reason why
intimidate
black
fear
white-knuckle
have the wind up
aggressiveness
chouse
timidness
timidity
timorousness
self-preservation
good cop bad cop
expose oneself
intrepid
confront
stand up
bring on
trepidation
taste blood
dauntless
hardy
fearless
terrorize
browbeaten
fearfully
unfearing
nervelessness
terrorise
audacious
coolness
large and in charge
protective
stick up
threateningness
safeguard
counter
have one's guard up
extort
meddlesomeness
constraint
fray
pose
intrusiveness
shirtfront
sharp
stand in the gap
afraidness
nervy
officiousness
take up the cudgel for
intimidated
careful
offensive
pants-shittingly
antipositional
protectory

English words for 'To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.'

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