Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfɹaɪtn̩/
frighten (frightens, present participle frightening; past and past participle frightened)
- 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.
- 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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