Synonyms for frighten

Grammar : Verb

Spell : frahyt-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfraɪt n

Top 10 synonyms for frighten

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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