Frighten (Verb)

Meaning

Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Scare
• Fright
• Affright

Hypernyms

• Stir
• Shake Up
• Shake
• Excite

Hyponyms

• Terrorize
• Terrorise
• Horrify
• Alarm
• Appall
• Appal

Related Words

• Frighten Away (verb)
• Frighten Off (verb)
• Frightening (noun)