frighten
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English fryghten, equivalent to fright + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)
- (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
- Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
Derived terms
Translations
to disturb with fear
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Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English fyrhtan; equivalent to fright + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
frighten
Conjugation
Conjugation of frighten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
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References
- “frighten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
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