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

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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