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frightened

Syllables: frigh·tened/ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/

frightened adjective: afraid; suffering from fear. Also the simple past and past participle of frighten.

Adjective

frightened (comparative more frightened, superlative most frightened)

  1. Afraid; suffering from fear.
    • She looked very much frightened of the storm.
    • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC

Also used as

frightened is also the simple past and past participle of frighten.

frightened meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

frightened in Arabic

afraid, suffering from fear
فزعان

frightened in Indonesian

afraid, suffering from fear
kaget
More languagesFewer languages
Kashmiri
کھوٗژمُت khūċmut, خوفہٕ ہۆت khōfụ hot

Examples of frightened in a sentence

  • The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.
  • I thought I was alone in the house, so his sudden appearance frightened me out of my skin.
  • He was frightened now by the knowledge that I didn’t care that he knew of my crime.

All 40 example sentences with frightened

Forms of frightened

comparativemore frightened
superlativemost frightened

Words formed from frightened

Phrases with frightened

Questions about frightened

What does frightened mean?
Frightened means afraid; suffering from fear.
What is frightened in Arabic?
Frightened in Arabic is فزعان. See Frightened meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is frightened?
Frightened is an adjective.
How do you pronounce frightened?
Frightened is pronounced /ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/.

Words near frightened in the dictionary

  1. frighten
  2. frighten the horses
  3. frighten the life out of someone
  4. frighten the piss out of
  5. frightenable
  6. frightened
  7. frightened rabbit
  8. frightened rabbits
  9. frightenedly
  10. frightenedness
  11. frightener

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