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пугало nstresses
gen. bogey; hobgoblin; gollywog; hodmandod; malkin; worricow; bogle; bogy; bugaboo; fright; dread; bloody-bones; gally-crow; poker; scarecrow; Rawhead and Bloody-bones; bogie; golliwog; golliwogg; raw head and broody bones; jack-straw (Anglophile); bloody bones; bugbear; gally crow; Boogie Man (Taras); strawman (an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds КГА); paper tiger (Супру); kow; boogeyman (то, чем стращают детей и не только NickNadtochiy); boggle; bug; crow keeper
Игорь Миг pet peeve
agric. strawman
ed. creature to scare the children with
folk. hob
logic straw man (логическая уловка, т. е. искажённый аргумент wikipedia.org Tallulah)
Makarov. dud (огородное); raw head and bloody bones
obs. guy; bullbeggar; maukin; maulkin; rawhead (для стращания детей); sewel
pejor. monstrosity (The Cyprus Monstrosity: A ‘thing,' described by the witness as possessing a flat, orange face with large red eyes, was covered in rough red hair and appeared to be wearing a light blue jumpsuit. thedebrief.org ART Vancouver)
Scotl. cow; worricow (тж. о человеке)
Игорь Миг, inf. scank
пугала n
rel., budd. puggala (личность)
пугать v
gen. flutter; frighten; terrify; cow; flight; scare; affright; make afraid; appall; intimidate; be afraid; dismay; panic; startle; fright; consternate pass; awe; fray; spook; alarm; make nervous (кого-либо); consternate; appal (Sclex); menace (Aly19); browbeat (Aly19); horrify; give a start (Andrey Truhachev); threaten (with); flay; bullyrag; creep out (to make uncomfortable or afraid, to give someone the creeps) That janitor who's always talking about blood creeps me out. | Wiktionary 4uzhoj); excite (tess durbey); bust chops (Анна Ф); give the willies (Taras); give the screaming willies (Taras); bugbear
Gruzovik threaten (with – кого-либо чём-либо, в знач. "грозить/угрожать"); frighten
Игорь Миг demonize (чем-либо/кем-либо)
amer. feeze; throw a scare; buffalo
austral., slang put the wind up; push the panic button
dial. gloppen; haze
el. aliasing
idiom. get the best of (someone VLZ_58)
inf. rattle; scarify; spook out (I'm so glad the nurse is acting normal now. She was starting to really spook me out. 4uzhoj); give somebody the heebie-jeebies (fddhhdot)
Makarov. frighten away (отпугивать); frighten off (отпугивать); give someone a scare (кого-либо); throw a scare into (someone); кого-либо)
obs. affray (mazurov); gallow; larum; lowbell; quake
Scotl. gliff
slang give the shivers (кого-либо Buddy89); make someone's toes curl (Peri); curl one's toes (Peri)
zool. do a bluff charge (о животном: имитировать нападение: Bakery worker Maureen Williams said she initially tried to scare the bear away by yelling. "It turned around, and came towards me, and he did what DEEP [Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection] calls a 'bluff charge,' where he made kind of a huffing noise, and then he came at me a little quicker," Williams told WTNH-TV. "At that point, I knew I wasn't going to shut the door. He was too close. So, I backed myself out and ran." upi.com ART Vancouver)
пугаться v
gen. boggle; shy; fear; start; get a scare; express alarm (ssn); feel dismay (Азери); be startled; your skin crawls (Taras); take fright (at); scare; startle; skew; be scared (of); get intimidated (Stas-Soleil); funk; mind; be frightened (with gen., of); be frightened of (чего-либо, кого-либо); be scared of (чего-либо, кого-либо); frightened of (чего-либо, кого-либо); scared of (чего-либо, кого-либо)
Gruzovik be frightened of (impf of испугаться); be scared of (impf of испугаться); take fright at (impf of испугаться)
inf. be in a funk (Andrey Truhachev); turn chicken (Andrey Truhachev); be weak-kneed (Andrey Truhachev); be windy (Andrey Truhachev); piss one's pants (Andrey Truhachev); wet one's pants (Andrey Truhachev); be yellow (Andrey Truhachev); have a yellow streak (Andrey Truhachev); spook (at SirReal); freak out (We were freaking out. – Нам было страшно. ART Vancouver)
Makarov. boggle at; express consternation; start up
obs. shie
пугало: 72 phrases in 10 subjects
Bookish / literary1
General40
Idiomatic3
Information technology1
Law1
Makarov19
Names and surnames1
Psychology1
Rhetoric1
Slang4