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Frighten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To fill with fear; alarm.

v. To drive or force by arousing fear: The suspect was frightened into confessing.

verb-intransitive. To become afraid.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To strike with fright; terrify; scare; dismay.

Synonyms To affright, dismay, daunt, appal, intimidate. See afraid.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. cause fear in

v. drive out by frightening

Word Usage

"The Conservative leader, campaigning in Glenrothes ahead of next month's by-election, also attacked Labour for trying to "frighten" Scots away from independence."

Antonym

encourage entice

Verb Form

frightened frightening frightens

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

chase away turn back run off drive out drive off drive away dispel

Cross Reference

frightened water

Form

frightened frightening

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

affright terrify fright fear affray alarm scare fray funk appall

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Brighton Titan Triton brighten enlighten heighten lighten tighten titan triton

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

terrify disturb startle eerie excite appal disconcert weird ominous