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unfrighten

unfrighten verb: to make a person no longer frightened.

Verb

unfrighten (third-person singular simple present unfrightens, present participle unfrightening, simple past and past participle unfrightened)

  1. (transitive) To make a person no longer frightened.

Forms of unfrighten

third-person singular presentunfrightens
present participleunfrightening
past participleunfrightened
pastunfrightened

Origin of unfrighten

From un- + frighten.

Questions about unfrighten

What does unfrighten mean?
Unfrighten means to make a person no longer frightened.
What part of speech is unfrighten?
Unfrighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfrighten?
The past tense of unfrighten is unfrightened.

Words near unfrighten in the dictionary

  1. unfriendly
  2. unfriends
  3. unfriendship
  4. unfries
  5. unfrighted
  6. unfrighten
  7. unfrightenable
  8. unfrightened
  9. unfrightening
  10. unfrighteningly
  11. unfrightens

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