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overfrighten

overfrighten verb: to frighten excessively.

Verb

overfrighten (third-person singular simple present overfrightens, present participle overfrightening, simple past and past participle overfrightened)

  1. (transitive) To frighten excessively.

Forms of overfrighten

third-person singular presentoverfrightens
present participleoverfrightening
past participleoverfrightened
pastoverfrightened

Origin of overfrighten

From over- + frighten.

Questions about overfrighten

What does overfrighten mean?
Overfrighten means to frighten excessively.
What part of speech is overfrighten?
Overfrighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfrighten?
The past tense of overfrighten is overfrightened.

Words near overfrighten in the dictionary

  1. overfried
  2. overfriendliness
  3. overfriendly
  4. overfries
  5. overfriezed
  6. overfrighten
  7. overfrightened
  8. overfrightening
  9. overfrightens
  10. overfront
  11. overfronted

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