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frighty

frighty adjective: afraid.

Adjective

frighty (comparative frightier or more frighty, superlative frightiest or most frighty)

  1. (obsolete) Afraid.

Forms of frighty

comparativefrightier
comparativemore frighty
superlativefrightiest
superlativemost frighty

Origin of frighty

from Middle English frighti, frighty, friȝti, equivalent to fright + -y.

Words formed from frighty

  • frightily

Questions about frighty

What does frighty mean?
Frighty means afraid.
What part of speech is frighty?
Frighty is an adjective.

Words near frighty in the dictionary

  1. frightment
  2. frights
  3. frightsome
  4. frightsomely
  5. frightsomeness
  6. frighty
  7. frigid
  8. frigid zone
  9. frigid zones
  10. frigidaire
  11. frigidaires

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