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fright⋅en
[frahyt-n] 
n
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare. |
| 2. | to drive (usually fol. by away, off, etc.) by scaring: to frighten away pigeons from the roof. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to become frightened: a timid child who frightens easily. |
Related forms:
fright⋅en⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fright⋅en⋅er, noun
fright⋅en⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. shock, startle, dismay, intimidate. Frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, terrorize, appall all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. To frighten is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, esp. that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise. To alarm is to arouse the feelings through the realization of some imminent or unexpected danger: to alarm someone by a scream. To scare is to frighten, often without the presence of real danger: Horror movies really scare me. To terrify is to strike with violent, overwhelming, or paralyzing fear: to terrify a city by lawless acts. To terrorize is to terrify in a general, continued, systematic manner, either wantonly or in order to gain control: His marauding armies terrorized the countryside. To appall is to overcome or confound by dread, dismay, shock, or horror: The suffering caused by the earthquake appalled him.
1. shock, startle, dismay, intimidate. Frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, terrorize, appall all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. To frighten is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, esp. that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise. To alarm is to arouse the feelings through the realization of some imminent or unexpected danger: to alarm someone by a scream. To scare is to frighten, often without the presence of real danger: Horror movies really scare me. To terrify is to strike with violent, overwhelming, or paralyzing fear: to terrify a city by lawless acts. To terrorize is to terrify in a general, continued, systematic manner, either wantonly or in order to gain control: His marauding armies terrorized the countryside. To appall is to overcome or confound by dread, dismay, shock, or horror: The suffering caused by the earthquake appalled him.
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| fright·en (frīt'n) v. fright·ened, fright·en·ing, fright·ens v. tr.
To become afraid. fright'en·er n., fright'en·ing·ly adv. Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause a person to experience fear. Frighten and the less formal scare are the most widely applicable: "The Count's mysterious warning frightened me at the time" (Bram Stoker). The angry dog scared the small child. |
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Frighten
Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Frightening.] [See Fright, v. t.] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.
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Language Translation for : frighten
Spanish:
asustar,
German:
erschrecken,
Japanese:
こわがらせる
frighten
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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