Definition of frighten

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Frighten (v. t.) To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

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Frighten :: Frighten (v. t.) To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.
Squall :: Squall (v. i.) To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled..
Gally :: Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry.
Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off..
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Scarecrow :: Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger..
Pigeon-hearted :: Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
Timorsome :: Timorsome (a.) Easily frightened; timorous.
Frightening :: Frightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frighte.
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Into :: Into (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits
Bugbear :: Bugbear (n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc..
Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..
Affrightment :: Affrightment (n.) Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
Affright :: Affright (v. t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Hare-hearted :: Hare-hearted (a.) Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
Affear :: Affear (v. t.) To frighten.
Affright :: Affright (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread..
Bo :: Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
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