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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : frahyt-n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfraɪt n |
Definition of frighten
Origin :- 1660s, from fright + -en (1). Related: Frightened; frightening. The earlier verb was simply fright (Old English fyrhtan) "to frighten."
- verb shock, scare
- In growth all is adjusted to capacity; it is not meant to shock, force, or frighten.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- And all the little disfiguring hurts of life—they frighten me!
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- There was nothing in that to frighten her: there was everything to make her feel content and proud.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- This man said I must be operated on by a burning process, all of which was said to frighten me to duty.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The work was hard, and the weather cold; but these did not frighten me.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- You are so rich, and so prudent, that the word in capital letters cannot frighten you.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- "You'd frighten them away, if you did," said Mrs. Jenkins, dashing some water into the teapot.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- It did not frighten him, he smiled at it with a smile of infinite sadness.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- In vain she confessed that her threats were only to frighten me into being a good boy.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But there was some anxiety in that smile of his; his success was beginning to frighten him.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for frighten
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- astound
- awe
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- chill
- chill to the bone
- cow
- curdle the blood
- daunt
- demoralize
- deter
- disburb
- discomfort
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- disquiet
- faze
- horrify
- intimidate
- make blood run cold
- make teeth chatter
- panic
- perturb
- petrify
- repel
- scare away
- scare off
- scare to death
- spook
- startle
- stiff
- strike terror into
- terrify
- terrorize
- unhinge
- unnerve
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