Definitions for frightened
fright·ened

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1. frightened, scaredadjective

   made afraid

   "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"

2. panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightenedadjective

   thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

   "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted"

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1. frightenedadjective

   afraid; suffering from fear.

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1. Frightened

   of Frighten

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frightened' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4654

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frightened' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2613

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frightened' in Adjectives Frequency: #589

How to pronounce frightened?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say frightened in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frightened in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frightened in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of frightened in a Sentence

1. Mickey Rourke:

   I mean, look, they have enough money where they could have gotten on a private plane and got the f--- out of there, and [when] I hear them talk, they're not frightened, they're angry and they're gonna, they'll take a bullet. It's written all over their faces.

2. Donna Ellis:

   I am not particularly frightened, but it's a worrying situation, you can not have people camping out like this any more. It's unhygienic, it's dangerous, there are women and children.

3. Sarah Olivarez Johnson:

   When I started to understand what it was, it frightened me because I have two children of color, i've always taught them that this is America, and whether Sarah Olivarez Johnson fail or succeed has nothing to do with the color of Sarah Olivarez Johnson skin, but everything to do with how hard Sarah Olivarez Johnson're willing to work.

4. Lewis Hamilton:

   I did it just because I can, i am very much in an experimental phase in my life, experimenting with lots of things. The hair color is short term. When I first saw it... it kind of frightened me a little bit.

5. Donald Trump:

   How many ways can you say you're sorry ? joe, just go about what you do so well and don't let them make you look weak and frightened. That's not you and it never will be !

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