聳

to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

to shrug one's shoulders

to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people

erect / towering / to stand tall

frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds

to stand tall / to tower aloft

tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper

to shake (a part of one's body) / to shrug (shoulders) / to create a sensation / to incite

to startle sb with scary tale