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frighten
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
frightens; frightened; frightening
frightens; frightened; frightening
Learner's definition of FRIGHTEN
1
[+ object] : to cause (someone) to become afraid使惊恐；使害怕
- The story really frightened me.这个故事真的吓到我了。
- The child was badly frightened by the mask.这个面具把孩子吓坏了。
- The story nearly frightened me to death. = The story nearly frightened the life out of me. [=the story frightened me very badly]这个故事快把我吓死了。
2
[no object] : to become afraid惊恐；害怕
- She doesn't frighten easily.她不是轻易能吓倒的。
frighten away/off
[phrasal verb] frighten (someone or something) away/off
: to cause (someone or something) to go away or stay away because of fear吓走
- The dog frightened the prowler away.狗吓走了那个鬼鬼祟祟转悠的人。
- Tourists have been frightened off by the violence in the city.游客被市区的暴乱吓跑了。
frighten into
[phrasal verb] frighten (someone) into (doing something)
: to cause (someone) to do (something) because of fear把（某人）吓得做（某事）
- The insurance agent tried to frighten her into buying the most expensive flood insurance.保险代理人尽力吓唬她，想让她去买最贵的水灾险。
- They frightened the boy into confessing his crime.他们恐吓男孩，想让他认罪。
frighten out of
[phrasal verb] frighten (someone) out of (doing something)
: to keep (someone) from (doing something) because of fear把（某人）吓得不敢做（某事）
- Bad economic news has frightened people out of putting their money in the stock market.负面经济新闻吓得人们不敢把钱投进股市。
— frightened
adjective [more frightened; most frightened]- Are you frightened [=afraid] of dogs?你怕狗吗？
- a badly/very frightened child严重受惊的孩子
— frightening
adjective [more frightening; most frightening]- There were frightening noises outside my tent.我的帐篷外面传来吓人的响声。
- a frightening mask吓人的面具
— frighteningly
adverb- The car came frighteningly close to the guardrail.车紧贴着护栏驶来，太吓人了。
- It is frighteningly [=extremely] easy to mislead voters.选民极其容易被误导。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The story really frightened me. The child was badly frightened by the mask.
Recent Examples on the Web That idyll isn’t to last, though, as The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) (as he’s actually credited) interrupts the proceedings — the hobbitses’ ways frighten and confuse him! 
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 Every year, fishermen frighten and corral dolphins into a cove, capture some to sell to dolphin shows and kill others for food. Yuri Kageyama, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Every year, fishermen frighten and corral dolphins into a cove, capture some to sell to dolphin shows and kill others for food. Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 3 Sep. 2022 Charles Dickens was a master of the spooky story; more than 150 years after the famed author’s death, his tales of phantoms, goblins and ghosts of Christmas past continue to frighten and delight readers around the world. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022 This was purely a terror attack, intended to frighten and inure the civilian population, with no military justification. David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Those actions followed a Times report that Guard members were concerned that their superiors had readied an F-15C fighter jet in 2020 for a possible mission in which the aircraft would fly low over civilian protesters to frighten and disperse them. Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 The child's father managed to frighten the bear and force it to leave the area, after which the family reported the incident to the campground and left the site to get medical attention. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 June 2022 Another example is Los Angeles’s Universal CityWalk, which purports to be a miniature city complete with theme park, cinema multiplex, plenty of stores and a pop-up King Kong to frighten and delight visitors. Alex Beam, WSJ, 10 June 2022 See More
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 Every year, fishermen frighten and corral dolphins into a cove, capture some to sell to dolphin shows and kill others for food. Yuri Kageyama, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Every year, fishermen frighten and corral dolphins into a cove, capture some to sell to dolphin shows and kill others for food. Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 3 Sep. 2022 Charles Dickens was a master of the spooky story; more than 150 years after the famed author’s death, his tales of phantoms, goblins and ghosts of Christmas past continue to frighten and delight readers around the world. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022 This was purely a terror attack, intended to frighten and inure the civilian population, with no military justification. David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Those actions followed a Times report that Guard members were concerned that their superiors had readied an F-15C fighter jet in 2020 for a possible mission in which the aircraft would fly low over civilian protesters to frighten and disperse them. Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 The child's father managed to frighten the bear and force it to leave the area, after which the family reported the incident to the campground and left the site to get medical attention. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 June 2022 Another example is Los Angeles’s Universal CityWalk, which purports to be a miniature city complete with theme park, cinema multiplex, plenty of stores and a pop-up King Kong to frighten and delight visitors. Alex Beam, WSJ, 10 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
First Known Use
1630, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of frighten was in 1630 Phrases Containing frighten
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