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- Dictionaryfrighten/ˈfrʌɪtn/
verb
- 1. make (someone) afraid or anxious: "the savagery of his thoughts frightened him"
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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). frighten someone out of someone’s wits He sneaked into my room in the night and frightened me out of my wits.
1. : to make afraid : terrify. The movie scene frightened the child. 2. : to drive or force by frightening. frightened the boy into confessing. intransitive verb. : to become frightened. She doesn't frighten easily. frighteningly. ˈfrī-tᵊn-iŋ-lē. ˈfrīt-niŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. affright. alarm. alarum. fright.
Synonyms for FRIGHTEN: scare, terrify, startle, spook, shock, horrify, terrorize, shake; Antonyms of FRIGHTEN: reassure, assure, soothe, cheer, comfort, encourage, inspire, console.
to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare. Synonyms: intimidate, dismay, startle, shock. to drive (usually followed by away, off, etc.) by scaring: to frighten away pigeons from the roof.
To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents.
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 alarm is to arouse the feelings through the realization of some imminent or unexpected danger: to alarm someone by a scream.
Definition of frighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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). frighten someone out of someone’s wits He sneaked into my room in the night and frightened me out of my wits. Fewer examples.
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.
To fill with fear; alarm. To cause to feel fright; make suddenly afraid; scare; terrify. To become suddenly afraid. To force ( away, out, or off) or bring ( into a specified condition) by making afraid. To frighten someone into confessing. To drive or force by arousing fear. The suspect was frightened into confessing.
