spook
funk
restiveness
skittishness
nervously
send shivers down someone's spine
put the heart across one
alarming
scary
scarecrow
make someone's hair stand on end
sweats
overnervousness
panic
white-knuckle
nerviness
piggle
shit oneself
curl someone's hair
flay
dismay
spook out
jitter
jump in one's skin
appal
horrify
take fright
appall
alarm
frighten
chill
shudder
frisson
thrill
quiver
nervousness
quake in one's boots
tingle
hairy
fray
shiver
shuddersome
spookish
nervosity
get the wind up
nail-biting
tiswas
willies
fantigue
have the wind up
performance anxiety
geek out
rattle
make someone's jaw drop
squeamish
pant-wettingly
freak out
flabbergaster
toey
disorder
surprise
skittish
frighten the piss out of
concerningly
disquiet
bundle of nerves
cark
give someone the creeps
shyness
shudderful
distract
trouble
unhinge
perturb
apprehension
dread
spookable
nervine
out of one's skin
begruntle
make someone's skin crawl
formidable
apprehensiveness
owly-eyed
put the shits up someone
run scared
fuss
fearful
startle
have kittens
scare the living daylights out of
eek
fear
paranemically

English words for 'To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).'

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