Cause+of+fear

  • 121Woodville Family —    Between 1464 and 1483, the Woodvilles, the family of EDWARD IV’s queen, comprised the most favored and resented political grouping in England. Jealousy over their rapid rise to power at the Yorkist COURT, coupled with hatred caused by their… …

    Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

  • 122scare — verb 1》 cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.     ↘(scare someone away/off) drive or keep someone away by frightening them.     ↘become scared. 2》 (scare something up) informal, chiefly N. Amer. find or obtain something. noun a sudden… …

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  • 123frighten someone out of their wits — frighten (someone) out of (their) wits to cause extreme fear in someone. Don t sneak up behind me like that – you frightened me out of my wits! …

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  • 124frighten someone out of wits — frighten (someone) out of (their) wits to cause extreme fear in someone. Don t sneak up behind me like that – you frightened me out of my wits! …

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  • 125frighten out of their wits — frighten (someone) out of (their) wits to cause extreme fear in someone. Don t sneak up behind me like that – you frightened me out of my wits! …

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  • 126frighten out of wits — frighten (someone) out of (their) wits to cause extreme fear in someone. Don t sneak up behind me like that – you frightened me out of my wits! …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 127bogey — Ⅰ. bogey [1] Golf ► NOUN (pl. bogeys) ▪ a score of one stroke over par at a hole. ► VERB (bogeys, bogeyed) ▪ play (a hole) in one stroke over par. ORIGIN perhaps from Bogey …

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  • 128Teratophobia — Fear of bearing a malformed child. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy using exposure and… …

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