frighten in English

verb

1

make (someone) afraid or anxious.

the savagery of his thoughts frightened him

synonyms: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, chill someone to the bone/marrow, make someone's blood run cold, scare the living daylights out of, scare stiff, scare someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare to death, scare the pants off, spook, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone jump out of their skin, give someone the heebie-jeebies, make someone's hair curl, scare the bejesus out of, affright

verb

• scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, chill someone to the bone/marrow, make someone's blood run cold, scare the living daylights out of, scare stiff, scare someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare to death, scare the pants off, spook, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone jump out of their skin, give someone the heebie-jeebies, make someone's hair curl, scare the bejesus out of, affright
• affright, fright, scare

Use "frighten" in a sentence

1. Alsatians frighten me

2. I am afraid I may frighten the company , frighten or enthrall them.

3. And frighten me with visions,

4. 25 He doesn't frighten easily.

5. 12 She doesn't frighten easily .

6. 11 Spiders frighten him to death.

7. And not let his terror frighten me,+

8. 8 I didn't mean to frighten you.

9. To frighten away thieves and bring fertility.

10. You'll frighten the baby wearing that mask.

11. You'll find that I don't frighten easily.

12. 11 Terrors frighten him on all sides+

13. Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.

14. Such supernatural experiences often frighten those having them.

15. 1 Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.

16. Then To·biʹah would send letters to frighten me.

17. 16 Did I just frighten you beyond belief?

18. 8 No enemy can frighten us into submission.

19. 14 You'll frighten the baby wearing that mask.

20. 10 Don't frighten him. He's telling the truth.

21. 9 No enemy can frighten us into submission.

22. 2 You'll find that I don't frighten easily.

23. Affright definition: to frighten Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

24. 18 It doesn't frighten them. They're used to it.

25. 7 They fired off several shots to frighten us.

26. But you child's crying frighten away my three sick.

27. Loved to climb the castle walls, frighten his mother.

28. He no longer possessed the power to frighten her.

29. 25 Will you try to frighten a windblown leaf

30. 13 Don't frighten me. He is telling the truth.

31. I thought the stories were told to frighten children.

32. 16 Be quiet or you'll frighten the deer off.

33. Unless he means to frighten me with his contempt.

34. 15 Computers used to frighten me,[www.Sentencedict.com] but not now.

35. 6 He no longer possessed the power to frighten her.

36. Navy pilots attract geisha girls but they frighten the fish.

37. They were evidently trying to frighten the public into obedience.

38. James loves sneaking up on his sister to frighten her.

39. If the boy thinks he can frighten me, he's mistaken.

40. Ironically, it may, indeed, frighten the lay reader away altogether.

41. 5 Arrived another place, is again frighten by light ignominiously.

42. 17 You'll find that these girls don't frighten easily now.

43. 19 He tried to frighten me by showing me a knife.

44. If you frighten her, she'll close up hard as a clam.

45. Guns are shot into the branches to frighten away evil spirits.

46. 23 He was the cat they captured to frighten the monkey.

47. Scare the Bejesus out of sb: to frighten, annoy, bore, etc

48. 5 He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm .

49. 3 They were evidently trying to frighten the public into obedience.

50. 28 They mistake their man if they think they can frighten him.