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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.
Frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, terrorize, appall all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. To frighten is to shock with sudden, startling, but usually short-lived fear, especially that arising from the apprehension of physical harm: to frighten someone by a sudden noise.
To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents.
The meaning of FRIGHTEN is to make afraid : terrify. How to use frighten in a sentence.
frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, terrorize, appall all mean to arouse fear in people or animals. 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.
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 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.
Definition of frighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
to make someone afraid or nervous: It frightens me when he drives so fast. See also. scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of sb. scare/frighten sb out of their wits. Fewer examples. a story that frightened many children. Death frightens many people. He doesn't frighten me.
