Frighten and Urge

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Frighten verb - To strike with fear.

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Urge is an antonym for frighten in shock topic.

Nearby Words: frightening, fright, frighting

Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

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Frighten is an antonym for urge.

Nearby Words: urged, urging

person	frighten person	urge person
character	frighten character	urge character
strength	frighten strength	urge strength
people	frighten people	urge people
Other words: viewer, customers, everyone, victims, aliens.

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