frighten

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verb

1. cause fear in (Freq. 10)
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
• Syn:
fright, scare, affright
• See Also:
frighten off, frighten away
• Derivationally related forms:
affright (for: affright), scare (for: scare), scarer (for: scare), fright (for: fright), frightening
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Hyponyms:
bluff, awe, terrify, terrorize, terrorise,
intimidate, dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify,
consternate, spook
• Cause:
fear, dread
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will frighten him
2. drive out by frightening (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel,
drive off, run off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fright, scare, affright