Meaning of FRIGHTEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'frItn
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- [v] cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
- [v] drive out by frightening
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| | Synonyms: | | affright, fright, scare |
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| | See Also: | | alarm, appal, appall, awe, bluff, chase away, consternate, dash, daunt, dismay, dispel, dread, drive away, drive off, drive out, excite, fear, frighten away, frighten off, horrify, intimidate, pall, run off, scare away, scare off, shake, shake up, spook, stimulate, stir, terrify, terrorise, terrorize, turn back | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.]
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
fright; to affright; to terrify.
More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.
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| | Related Terms: | | affright, agitate, alarm, alert, appall, arouse, astound, awe, bowl down, bowl over, browbeat, bulldoze, cow, cry havoc, cry wolf, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distress, electrify, faze, fly storm warnings, fright, funk, horrify, horripilate, intimidate, jar, jolt, make one tremble, panic, perturb, petrify, raise apprehensions, scare, scare stiff, shake, shock, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin, spook, stagger, startle, stun, take aback, terrify, terrorize, unman, unnerve, unstring, upset, warn |
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