épouvanter
Meaning
to terrify, horrify
Concepts
scare
frighten
appal
terrify
startle
horrify
fray
appall
dismay
make afraid
surprise
take by surprise
affright
terrorize
intimidate
overawe
scandalise
scandalize
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.pu.vɑ̃.te/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French espoenter, from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese espantar, Italian spaventare, also Romanian înspăimânta.
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