frighten
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Example
“Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.”
Other meanings
To become scared or alarmed.
Synonyms
- scare
Related words
- do someone a frighten
- frightenable
- frightener
- frightening
- frightensome
- frighten the horses
- frighten the piss out of
- overfrighten
- unfrighten
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “frighten” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.