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1. (v.t.) frighten
to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
2. frighten
to drive by scaring (usu. fol. by away, off, etc.):
to frighten away pigeons from the roof.
3. (v.i.) frighten
to become frightened:
a timid child who frightens easily.
Etymology: (1660–70)
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| Definition of 'frighten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) frighten, fright, scare, affright
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
2. (verb) frighten
drive out by frightening
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1. (verb) frighten
to make sb feel afraid; = scare
The masks frightened her.; The lawyers tried to frighten us into paying them.; She yelled to frighten away the bear.
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| Definition of 'frighten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) frighten
to disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify
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Sense: to make (someone) afraid
She was frightened by a large dog.
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 Afrikaans: bang |
 Arabic: يُرْعِب، يُذْعِر |
 Bulgarian: уплашвам |
 Brazilian: assustar |
 Czech: polekat, vystrašit |
 German: erschrecken |
 Danish: gøre bange |
 Greek: τρομάζω κπ. |
 Spanish: asustar |
 Estonian: kohutama |
 Farsi: ترساندن |
 Finnish: pelottaa |
 French: effrayer |
 Hebrew: לְהַפחִיד |
 Hindi: डराना |
 Croatian: uplašiti (se, ili nekoga) |
 Hungarian: megijeszt |
 Indonesian: menakut-nakuti |
 Icelandic: hræða |
 Italian: spaventare, spaventarsi |
 Japanese: こわがらせる |
 Korean: 소름끼치게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: išgąsdinti |
 Latvian: izbiedēt; nobiedēt |
 Malay: menakut-nakutkan |
 Dutch: doen schrikken |
 Norwegian: skremme, gjøre redd |
 Polish: przestraszyć |
 Persian: ترساندن |
 Pashto: وېرول، په وخشت كى اچولز |
 Portuguese: assustar |
 Romanian: a speria |
 Russian: пугать |
 Slovak: nastrašiť |
 Slovenian: prestrašiti |
 Serbian: prestrašiti |
 Swedish: skrämma |
 Thai: ทำให้กลัว |
 Turkish: korkutmak |
 Taiwanese: 使驚恐 |
 Ukrainian: лякати, страхати |
 Urdu: کسی کو ڈرانا |
 Vietnamese: làm hoảng sợ; làm sợ |
 Chinese: 使惊恐 |
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