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What is "frightened" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does frightened mean in English? Meaning of frightened definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "frightened" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "frightened": made afraid

Adjective

  • Meaning: made afraid
  • Example: the frightened child cowered in the corner too shocked and scared to move
  • Synonyms: frightened scared
  • Similar: afraid

    • Meaning of "frightened": thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

    Adjective

  • Meaning: thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  • Example: became panicky as the snow deepened felt panicked before each exam trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd the terrified horse bolted
  • Synonyms: frightened panic-stricken panic-struck panicked panicky terrified
  • Similar: afraid
  • Adjective: Afraid; suffering from fear. 1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI: Ellen was frightened after learning that the residents of a haunted house are dead and are now ghosts who still haunted here. Amy was frightened and ran away after the bedsheet Emma was wearing over her head scared her. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

    • Synonyms:

    afraid, fearful, anxious, startled, panicky, petrified, abashed, frozen, yellow, numb, terrified, alarmed, aghast, chicken, hung up, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, shaky, sissy, uptight, shivery, unnerved, spooked, terrorized, affrighted, butterflies, dismayed, cowed, chicken-hearted, have cold feet, having kittens, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, terror-stricken,

    Antonyms:

    brave, courageous, unafraid, bold, cool, happy, calm, comforted,

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    frightened in English: frightened
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