transitive. To cause to have misgivings or be apprehensive; = misgive, v. 1a.

To frighten, put into a state of alarm.

transitive. To frighten; to affect with fear; to alarm, startle.

transitive. To fill (a person) with fear, panic, or alarm; to terrify. Obsolete (chiefly poetic in later use).

Now archaic and literary. transitive. Of a person's heart, mind: to incline (the person) to doubt or apprehension, to fill with suspicion or…

To terrify, alarm.

To stupefy, frighten, alarm.

transitive. To make (a person) feel suddenly frightened or in danger; to strike or fill with fear. Later commonly in somewhat weakened use: to fill…

transitive. To disturb, frighten, startle. Obsolete.

to get the wind up (slang): to get into a state of alarm or ‘funk’. So to put the wind up (a person).

To frighten or unnerve; spec. (of a hunter, etc.) to alarm (a wild animal). slang (chiefly North American).