frighten
71frighten — verb (frightened; frightening) Date: 1630 transitive verb 1. to make afraid ; terrify 2. to drive or force by frightening < frightened the boy into confessing > intransitive verb to become frightened • frighteningly …
72frighten — verb To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify …
73frighten — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
74frighten — fright·en || fraɪtn v. scare, alarm; cause to run away; intimidate …
75frighten — v. a. Alarm, affright, terrify, dismay, intimidate, scare, shock with sudden fear …
76frighten — verb the fighting in the streets frightened us Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt; strike terror into, put the …
77frighten — v scare, affright, Archaic. fray, Scot. fley, Inf. funk, panic, throw into a panic; terrify, Inf. scare out of one s wits, Inf. make [s.o. s] hair stand on end, Inf. scare stiff, Sl. curl [s.o. s] hair; alarm, startle, Inf. make [s.o.] jump out… …
78frighten — fright·en …
79frighten — verb Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, unnerve, intimidate; informal spook; Brit.; informal put the wind up Ant: reassure …
80frighten — /ˈfraɪtn / (say fruytn) verb (t) 1. to throw into a fright; terrify; scare. 2. to drive (away, off, etc.) by scaring. {fright + en1} …