frighten
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English fryghten, equivalent to fright + -en.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/, [ˈfɹ̥aɪtn̩], [ˈfɹ̥aɪʔn̩]
frighten (frightens, present participle frightening; simple past and past participle frightened)
- (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
- Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
- (intransitive) To become scared or alarmed.
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
- French: effrayer, redouter, terrifier
- German: Angst machen, erschrecken, schrecken, beängstigen, ängstigen
- Italian: spaurire, spaventare
- Portuguese: intimidar, amedrontar, ameaçar
- Russian: пуга́ть
- Spanish: atemorizar
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