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frighten
[ frahyt-n ]
verb (used with object)
- to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to drive (usually followed by away, off, etc.) by scaring:
to frighten away pigeons from the roof.
verb (used without object)
- to become frightened:
a timid child who frightens easily.
frighten
/ ˈڰɪə /
verb
- to cause fear in; terrify; scare
- to drive or force to go (away, off, out, in, etc) by making afraid
Derived Forms
- ˈڰٱԾԲ, adverb
- ˈڰٱԾԲ, adjective
- ˈڰٱԱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ڰIJ·· adjective
- ڰIJ· noun
- ڰIJ·Բ· adverb
- ԴDz·ڰIJ·Բ adjective
- non·ڰIJ·Բ· adverb
- v·ڰIJ verb
- ܲ·ڰIJ·Բ adjective
Idioms and Phrases
see scare out of one's wits .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"Because he was so big and angry, the officers were frightened. They practically ran away," he said.
This is especially frightening in a world where no one nation seems to want to be the police anymore.
“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.
Horror films have a way of knowing what frightens people on a social scale, even before we do.
Mr Gauci replied: "No, he was going to attack me", adding he was "panicked, frightened".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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