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- Dictionaryfrightened/ˈfrʌɪtnd/
adjective
- 1. afraid or anxious: "a frightened child"
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adjective. uk / ˈfraɪ.t ə nd / us / ˈfraɪ.t ə nd / Add to word list. B1. feeling fear or worry: get frightened She gets frightened when he shouts at her. The police officer found a frightened child in the hut. frightened of Are you frightened of spiders? frightened that I was frightened that you would fall.
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.
Frightened definition: thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified. See examples of FRIGHTENED used in a sentence.
frightened. (fraɪtənd ) 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]
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.
Define frightened. frightened synonyms, frightened pronunciation, frightened translation, English dictionary definition of frightened. v. fright·ened , fright·en·ing , fright·ens v. tr. 1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. To drive or force by arousing fear: The suspect was frightened into...
