Russian-English translations for пуга́ть

• appall
  The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
• browbeat
  Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
• freak out
• frighten
  Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily
• intimidate
  Hes trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully hell stop.
• scare
  Johnny had a bad scare last night.
  a food-poisoning scare
  Did it scare you when I said "Boo!"?
• spook
  The building was haunted by a couple of spooks
  The big spider gave me a spook
  He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook. — [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Stirner Max Stirner]
• startle
  a horse that startles easily