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- Dictionaryfrighten/ˈfrʌɪtn/
verb
- 1. make (someone) afraid or anxious: "the savagery of his thoughts frightened him"
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verb [ T ] uk / ˈfraɪ.t ə n / us / ˈfraɪ.t ə n / Add to word list. B2. to make someone feel fear: He frightens me when he drives so fast. You'll frighten the baby wearing that mask. frighten someone to death The noise frightened me to death (= gave me a severe fright).
The meaning of FRIGHTEN is to make afraid : terrify. How to use frighten in a sentence.
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 frighten is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, esp. that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise.
To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents.
1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. To drive or force by arousing fear: The suspect was frightened into confessing. v.intr. To become afraid: told ghost stories to campers who frightened easily. fright′en·er n. fright′en·ing·ly adv. Synonyms: frighten, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, panic.
verb. /ˈfraɪtn/ [transitive, intransitive] Verb Forms. Idioms Phrasal Verbs. to make somebody suddenly feel afraid. frighten (somebody) Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. (informal) He used to frighten me to death (= a lot), zooming about on his go-cart. She's not easily frightened.
adjective us / ˈfrɑɪ·t ə nd / She was too frightened to enter the room alone. (Definition of frighten from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of frighten. frighten. The power of the voice of women frightens them. From Huffington Post.
1. If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous. [...] 2. See frighten the life/wits out of sb [...] More. English usage. What is the difference between frighten and frightened? More. Conjugations of 'frighten' present simple: I frighten, you frighten [...]
to make someone afraid or nervous: It frightens me when he drives so fast. See also. scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of sb. scare/frighten sb out of their wits. Fewer examples. a story that frightened many children. Death frightens many people. He doesn't frighten me.
