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Grammar : Verb
Spell : frahyt-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfraɪt n



Definition of frighten

Origin :
  • 1660s, from fright + -en (1). Related: Frightened; frightening. The earlier verb was simply fright (Old English fyrhtan) "to frighten."
  • verb shock, scare
Example sentences :
  • In growth all is adjusted to capacity; it is not meant to shock, force, or frighten.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • And all the little disfiguring hurts of life—they frighten me!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • There was nothing in that to frighten her: there was everything to make her feel content and proud.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • This man said I must be operated on by a burning process, all of which was said to frighten me to duty.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The work was hard, and the weather cold; but these did not frighten me.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • You are so rich, and so prudent, that the word in capital letters cannot frighten you.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "You'd frighten them away, if you did," said Mrs. Jenkins, dashing some water into the teapot.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • It did not frighten him, he smiled at it with a smile of infinite sadness.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • In vain she confessed that her threats were only to frighten me into being a good boy.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But there was some anxiety in that smile of his; his success was beginning to frighten him.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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