frighten (verb)
11frighten — verb cause to be afraid. ↘(frighten someone off) drive someone away by frightening them. Derivatives frightened adjective frightening adjective frighteningly adverb …
12frighten — verb (frightened; frightening) Date: 1630 transitive verb 1. to make afraid ; terrify 2. to drive or force by frightening < frightened the boy into confessing > intransitive verb to become frightened • frighteningly …
13frighten — verb To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify …
14frighten — verb the fighting in the streets frightened us Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt; strike terror into, put the …
15frighten — verb Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, unnerve, intimidate; informal spook; Brit.; informal put the wind up Ant: reassure …
16frighten away — or frighten off 1) PHRASAL VERB If you frighten away a person or animal or frighten them off, you make them afraid so that they run away or stay some distance away from you. [V P n (not pron)] The fishermen said the company s seismic survey was… …
17frighten — fright|en [ fraıtn ] verb transitive ** to make someone feel afraid, especially suddenly: SCARE: Stop it! You re frightening the children! a. to make someone feel nervous or worried: The thought of war frightens me. It frightens me how quickly… …
18frighten */*/ — UK [ˈfraɪt(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms frighten : present tense I/you/we/they frighten he/she/it frightens present participle frightening past tense frightened past participle frightened to make someone feel afraid, especially suddenly …
19frighten — [[t]fra͟ɪt(ə)n[/t]] frightens, frightening, frightened 1) VERB If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous. [V n] He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear …
20frighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To strike with fear] Syn. scare, alarm, terrify, daunt, dismay, cow, terrorize, shock, startle, dishearten, abash, dispirit, throw into a fright, raise apprehension, intimidate, deter, threaten, prey on the mind, badger,… …
