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- Dictionaryfrightened/ˈfrʌɪtnd/
adjective
- 1. afraid or anxious: "a frightened child"
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afraid of someone/something. be in fear of your lifephrase. be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom. bottle.
The meaning of FRIGHTENED is feeling fear : made to feel afraid. How to use frightened in a sentence.
Definition of frightened adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective B1. If you are frightened, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen. She was frightened of flying. [+ of] Miriam was too frightened to tell her family what had happened. [ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] Synonyms: afraid, alarmed, scared, terrified More Synonyms of frightened.
Someone who's frightened is scared or anxious. A frightened camper might tremble with fear as she listens to the scary campfire stories her counselor tells. When you're frightened, you feel fearful — you might be frightened of thunderstorms or frightened of strange dogs.
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.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective frightened mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective frightened. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
If you are frightened, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen.
B1. afraid or nervous: I've always been frightened of going to the dentist. [ + (that) ] Gerry was frightened that people would laugh at him. Fewer examples. He's frightened of spiders. You don't need to be frightened. I was too frightened to say anything. I'm still frightened about going out at night.
If you are frightened, you are anxious or afraid, often because of something that has just happened or that you think may happen. [...]
