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Noun

An abrupt rough or violent movement

A forceful clash of two entities

An unexpected surprise or shock

An unexpected scare or fright

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself

Emotional or mental shock or distress, which may lead to long-term neurosis

Anything that serves to remind

(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

An act or instance of throwing or casting something

An unfortunate shock or disappointment

A sudden violent twist or pull

A sense of thrill or excitement

To push or shake abruptly and roughly

To move with sudden lurches

To vibrate forcefully

To cause an unpleasant surprise to

To collide forcefully with something

To stimulate or shock into action

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Noun

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An abrupt rough or violent movement

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“I countered the sudden jolt of the van taking off with a solid push to the left to avoid falling backward.”

Noun

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A forceful clash of two entities

road traffic accident

pummelling^UK

pummeled^US

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“The jolt from the accident causes the car seat to flip forward so that it is head down in front of the seat.”

Noun

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An unexpected surprise or shock

“News of overspending came as a jolt to government agencies as economists had been saying that savings were on the rise.”

Noun

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An unexpected scare or fright

fright

scare

shock

the fright of one's life

butterflies in the stomach

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“Billy's silly prank gave me a nasty jolt.”

Noun

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An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

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Emotional or mental shock or distress, which may lead to long-term neurosis

trials and tribulations

rigor^US

rigour^UK

unpleasant experience

labour^UK

labor^US

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Noun

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Anything that serves to remind

handwriting on the wall

gauge^UK

gage^US

confidential information

meter^US

metre^UK

the wink

guide to

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Noun

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(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

startle reflex trigger

startle response trigger

Noun

An act or instance of throwing or casting something

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Noun

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An unfortunate shock or disappointment

rigor^US

rigour^UK

problematic situation

unfortunate situation

trials and tribulations

unfortunate development

tragic state of affairs

state of perturbation

lowering of status

state of shock

source of amazement

source of consternation

a bolt out of the blue

unfortunate occurrence

labor^US

labour^UK

cause for disappointment

short end of the stick

millstone round one's neck

unpleasant experience

unfortunate experience

up poop creak without a paddle

unwanted responsibility

unfortunate circumstance

way the cookie crumbles

way things go

times we live in

school of hard knocks

usual state of affairs

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Noun

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A sudden violent twist or pull

Noun

A sense of thrill or excitement

feeling of excitement

luster^US

lustre^UK

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Verb

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To push or shake abruptly and roughly

plough^UK

plow^US

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“He mustered as much energy as he could and let loose with a forcible kick to jolt the door open.”

Verb

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To move with sudden lurches

balk^US

baulk^UK

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“Tristen would jolt sideways, flailing his arms violently in an attempt to escape.”

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To vibrate forcefully

move backwards and forwards

labour^UK

agonize^US

agonise^UK

labor^US

swing backwards and forwards

move from side to side

swing from side to side

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“Driving at a fast speed proved impossible as the car would begin to jolt violently.”

Verb

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To cause an unpleasant surprise to

appal^UK

appall^US

disconcert

galvanise^UK

galvanize^US

stop someone in their tracks

throw a curveball

throw off balance

set someone back on their heels

pull the rug from under

take the wind out of your sails

throw off

pull the rug out from under

take your breath away

terrorize^US

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

terrorise^UK

scandalize^US

traumatize^US

paralyse^UK

antagonize^US

traumatise^UK

paralyze^US

antagonise^UK

scandalise^UK

numb

devastate

put someone off their stroke

raise someone's eyebrows

shake out of your complacency

completely surprise

give a turn

make someone's blood run cold

hit like ton of bricks

cause someone to lose their composure

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

scare the bejesus out of

scare the living daylights out of

put someone off their stride

bulldoze

dispirit

tyrannize^US

knock the stuffing out of

tyrannise^UK

put out of countenance

give someone the heebie-jeebies

burn up

curdle the blood

make one's hair stand on end

make someone scratch their head

give someone grief

make teeth chatter

throw into a panic

cause to be at a stand

make one's blood run cold

pressurize^US

give someone goose pimples

pressurise^UK

chill to the bone

scare someone out of their wits

egg on

put the fear of God into

agonize^US

indispose

oppress

throw into a blue funk

make someone jump out of their skin

agonise^UK

make someone's hair stand on end

hurt somebody's feelings

throw into a fright

throw into a tizzy

give a hard time

knock over with feather

scare the daylights out of

blind someone with something

scare the pants off of

make someone jump out of his skin

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

mess with someone's head

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

frighten someone out of their wits

send into a cold sweat

make someone shake in their shoes

frighten the life out of

scare the life out of

chill someone's blood

make fearful

frighten to death

scare the hell out of

frighten the living daylights out of

give someone a fright

make someone's hair curl

give someone the hump

use strong-arm tactics on

drive you up the wall

balk^US

baulk^UK

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

scare someone half to death

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“News of the latest atrocity would jolt much of the population.”

Verb

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To collide forcefully with something

come into collision with

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

come into contact with

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To stimulate or shock into action

galvanise^UK

galvanize^US

incentivise^UK

incentivize^US

give a shot in the arm

stir up

enthuse

electrify

energize^US

energise^UK

invigorate^US

magnetize^US

magnetise^UK

dynamize

envigorate^UK

fire with enthusiasm

rile

fire someone's imagination

give someone a charge

take your breath away

fire the imagination of

fire the enthusiasm of

catalyze^US

mobilise^UK

mobilize^US

catalyse^UK

instil^UK

instill^US

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

add fuel to the flames

act as an incentive to

sensitize^US

sensitise^UK

get smoking

burn up

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