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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#FRIGHTEN) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.Category:English terms with usage examples#FRIGHTEN
- 1746, Isaac Kimber, “Henry VII”, in The History of England, from the Earliest Accounts to the Accession of His Present Majesty King George II. […] , page 217:
  His Deſign was only to frighten France, and get more Money.
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- 1883, Felix Leopold Oswald, “A Step-child of Nature”, in Zoological Sketches[:] A Contribution to the Out-door Study of Natural History, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 90:
  You may frighten a pig, a goose, a frog, and even a fly, but you cannot frighten or surprise a sloth.
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- 1928, E. A. Wallis Budge, transl., The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church[:] A translation of the Ethiopic Synaxarium […] , volume 1, London: Cambridge University Press, page 220:
  And he commanded his soldiers […] to frighten them with fierce swords, but the hearts of the holy men did not quail, and they were unable to alter their words.
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(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#FRIGHTEN) To become scared or alarmed.
- 1898, Franklane L. Sewell, Ida E. Tilson, “White Leghorns”, in The Poultry Herald Manual[:] A Guide to Successful Poultry Keeping, St. Paul, Minnesota: Webb Publishing Company, page 41:
  In fitting the White Leghorns for exhibition, it must be remembered that they are of nervous disposition and frighten easily.
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- 1959, Harold G. (Hack) Miller, “Rod and gun”, in Hearings […] , Washington: United States Government Printing Office, page 101:
  Those male moose at the southeast arm didn't frighten very much when we docked to fly-fish one day. One was so scared of us he just walked toward us and snorted.
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- 1995 April, Jeff Csatari, “Tackle Tips”, in Boys' Life, volume 85, number 4, Irving, Texas: Boy Scouts of America, Inc., →ISSN, page 42:
  Be sneaky. Fish frighten easily.
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Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:frighten

Derived terms

Related terms

fright

Translations

to disturb with fear

Category:Entries with translation boxes#FRIGHTEN

Arabic: خَشَّى (ḵaššā)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#FRIGHTEN, أَفْزَعَ (ʔafzaʕa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#FRIGHTEN
Moroccan Arabic: خلع (ḵleʕ)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#FRIGHTEN
Armenian: վախեցնել (hy) (vaxecʻnel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#FRIGHTEN
Asturian: apavoriar (ast)Category:Terms with Asturian translations#FRIGHTEN, apavorar (ast)Category:Terms with Asturian translations#FRIGHTEN, amedrentarCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#FRIGHTEN, atemoriarCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#FRIGHTEN
Azerbaijani: qorxutmaq (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FRIGHTEN, qorxuzmaqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FRIGHTEN, qorxuya salmaqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#FRIGHTEN
Belarusian: пало́хаць impf (palóxacʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#FRIGHTEN, спало́хаць pf (spalóxacʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#FRIGHTEN, страшы́ць impf (strašýcʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#FRIGHTEN, застрашы́ць pf (zastrašýcʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#FRIGHTEN
Breton: spontañ (br)Category:Terms with Breton translations#FRIGHTEN
Bulgarian: пла́ша (bg) impf (pláša)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FRIGHTEN, изпла́швам (bg) impf (izplášvam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FRIGHTEN, изпла́ша pf (izpláša)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#FRIGHTEN
Burmese: ခြောက် (my) (hkrauk)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#FRIGHTEN
Catalan: espantar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FRIGHTEN, espaventar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FRIGHTEN, esporuguir (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FRIGHTEN, esgarrifar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#FRIGHTEN
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嚇唬 / 吓唬 (zh) (xiàhu)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#FRIGHTEN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FRIGHTEN, 嚇 / 吓 (zh) (xià)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#FRIGHTEN
Czech: vystrašit pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#FRIGHTEN
Danish: skræmme (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#FRIGHTEN
Dutch: bang (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#FRIGHTEN maken (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#FRIGHTEN, beangstigen (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#FRIGHTEN
Esperanto: timigiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#FRIGHTEN
Finnish: pelottaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FRIGHTEN, säikähdyttää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FRIGHTEN, säikyttää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#FRIGHTEN
French: effrayer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#FRIGHTEN, redouter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#FRIGHTEN, terrifier (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#FRIGHTEN
Friulian: spaurîCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#FRIGHTEN
Galician: espantar (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#FRIGHTEN, atemorizar (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#FRIGHTEN
Georgian: შეშინება (šešineba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#FRIGHTEN
German: Angst machenCategory:Terms with German translations#FRIGHTEN, erschrecken (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FRIGHTEN, schrecken (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FRIGHTEN, beängstigen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FRIGHTEN, ängstigen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#FRIGHTEN
Gothic: 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ōgjan)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#FRIGHTEN
Greek: τρομάζω (el) (tromázo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#FRIGHTEN
Ancient Greek: ἐκφοβέω (ekphobéō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FRIGHTEN, φοβέω (phobéō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FRIGHTEN, φοβερίζω (phoberízō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FRIGHTEN, πτήσσω (ptḗssō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#FRIGHTEN
Hawaiian: hoʻomākaʻukaʻuCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#FRIGHTEN
Ingrian: pölässyttääCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#FRIGHTEN, aroittaaCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#FRIGHTEN
Irish: cuir eagla arCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FRIGHTEN, scanraighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#FRIGHTEN
Italian: spaurire (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FRIGHTEN, spaventare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#FRIGHTEN
Japanese: 怖がらせる (こわがらせる, kowagaraseru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#FRIGHTEN
Korean: 겁먹게 만들다 (geommeokge mandeulda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#FRIGHTEN
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tirsandin (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#FRIGHTEN
Latin: terreōCategory:Terms with Latin translations#FRIGHTEN
Latvian: baidītCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#FRIGHTEN, biedēt (lv)Category:Terms with Latvian translations#FRIGHTEN, biedinātCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#FRIGHTEN
Macedonian: плаши impf (plaši)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FRIGHTEN, заплаши pf (zaplaši)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FRIGHTEN, исплаши pf (isplaši)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#FRIGHTEN
Malay: menakutkanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#FRIGHTEN
Nahuatl: tetzauhquiCategory:Terms with Nahuatl translations#FRIGHTEN
Old English: grēosanCategory:Terms with Old English translations#FRIGHTEN
Oromo: sodaachiisuuCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#FRIGHTEN
Pashto: وېرول (werawël)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#FRIGHTEN
Persian: ترساندن (fa) (tarsândan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#FRIGHTEN
Polabian: aizosĕtCategory:Terms with Polabian translations#FRIGHTEN
Polish: straszyć (pl) impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#FRIGHTEN, przestraszyć (pl) pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#FRIGHTEN, nastraszyć pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#FRIGHTEN
Portuguese: intimidar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#FRIGHTEN, amedrontar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#FRIGHTEN, ameaçar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#FRIGHTEN
Romanian: speria (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#FRIGHTEN, înspăimânta (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#FRIGHTEN
Russian: пуга́ть (ru) impf (pugátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FRIGHTEN, испуга́ть (ru) pf (ispugátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FRIGHTEN, напуга́ть (ru) pf (napugátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FRIGHTEN, страши́ть (ru) impf (strašítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FRIGHTEN, устраши́ть (ru) pf (ustrašítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#FRIGHTEN
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стра̏шити impfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FRIGHTEN, прѐстрашити pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FRIGHTEN, за̀страшити pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FRIGHTEN

Latin: strȁšiti (sh) impfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FRIGHTEN, prèstrašiti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FRIGHTEN, zàstrašiti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#FRIGHTEN
Sikkimese: དཀྲོགས (dkrogs)Category:Terms with Sikkimese translations#FRIGHTEN
Slovak: vystrašiť pfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#FRIGHTEN
Slovene: strašiti impfCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#FRIGHTEN, prestrašiti (sl) pfCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#FRIGHTEN
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: tšachaś impfCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#FRIGHTEN
Spanish: atemorizar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FRIGHTEN, amedrentar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FRIGHTEN, asustar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FRIGHTEN, amedrantar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FRIGHTEN, aspaventar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#FRIGHTEN
Swahili: -ogofya (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#FRIGHTEN, -ogofishaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#FRIGHTEN
Swedish: skrämma (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#FRIGHTEN
Telugu: భయపడు (te) (bhayapaḍu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#FRIGHTEN
Turkish: korkutmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#FRIGHTEN
Ukrainian: ляка́ти impf (ljakáty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FRIGHTEN, зляка́ти pf (zljakáty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FRIGHTEN, страха́ти impf (straxáty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FRIGHTEN, страши́ти impf (strašýty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FRIGHTEN, застраши́ти pf (zastrašýty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#FRIGHTEN
Vietnamese: làm hoảng sợCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#FRIGHTEN
Walloon: sbarer (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#FRIGHTEN, fé sogne (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#FRIGHTEN
Welsh: dychryn (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#FRIGHTEN
Zazaki: tersanenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#FRIGHTEN

Anagrams

fringeth

Category:en:Fear#FRIGHTEN

Middle English

Alternative forms

friȝten, fyrten

Etymology

From Old English Category:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#FRIGHTEN Category:Middle English terms derived from Old English#FRIGHTEN fyrhtan, from Proto-West Germanic Category:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#FRIGHTEN Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#FRIGHTEN *furhtijan, from Proto-Germanic Category:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FRIGHTEN Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FRIGHTEN *furhtijaną; equivalent to fright +‎ -en (infinitival suffix)Category:Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)#FRIGHTEN.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrixtən/, [ˈfriçtən]Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#FRIGHTEN

Verb

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To frighten, scare

Conjugation

Conjugation of *frighten* (weak in -ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) frighten, frighte

1st-person singular	frighte	frighted
2nd-person singular	frightest	frightedest
3rd-person singular	frighteth	frighted
subjunctive singular	frighte	frighted
imperative singular	frighte	—

plural¹	frighten, frighte	frighteden, frightede
imperative plural	frighteth, frighte	—

participles	frightynge, frightende	frighted, yfrighted

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Descendants

English: fright (verb) (archaic)
Scots: fricht

References

“frighten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.

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