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frighten

[ frahyt-n ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to drive (usually followed by away, off, etc.) by scaring:

    to frighten away pigeons from the roof.



verb (used without object)

  1. to become frightened:

    a timid child who frightens easily.

frighten

/ ˈڰɪə /

verb

  1. to cause fear in; terrify; scare
  2. to drive or force to go (away, off, out, in, etc) by making afraid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڰٱԾԲ, adverb
  • ˈڰٱԾԲ, adjective
  • ˈڰٱԱ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڰIJ·· adjective
  • ڰIJ· noun
  • ڰIJ·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz·ڰIJ·Բ adjective
  • non·ڰIJ·Բ· adverb
  • v·ڰIJ verb
  • ܲ·ڰIJ·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of frighten1

First recorded in 1660–70; fright + -en 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see scare out of one's wits .
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Synonym Study

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, especially 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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Example Sentences

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"Because he was so big and angry, the officers were frightened. They practically ran away," he said.

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This is especially frightening in a world where no one nation seems to want to be the police anymore.

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“When you look at how many journalists have left the profession in the past few years because it’s not economically sustainable in so many ways, that’s very frightening,” he says.

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Horror films have a way of knowing what frightens people on a social scale, even before we do.

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Mr Gauci replied: "No, he was going to attack me", adding he was "panicked, frightened".

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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