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What (who) is Frighten - definition
frighten
v. a.
Alarm, affright, terrify, dismay, intimidate, scare, shock with sudden fear.
frighten
¦ verb cause to be afraid.
?(frighten someone off) drive someone away by frightening them.
Derivatives
frightened adjective
frightening adjective
frighteningly adverb
frighten
v.
1) (d; tr.) to frighten into (to frighten smb. into submission)
2) (d; tr.) to frighten out of (to frighten smb. out of doing smt.)
3) (misc.) to frighten smb. to death
Examples of use of Frighten
1. Gravel was an exception, when he said, Some of these people frighten me, they frighten me.
2. Talk of inequality would only frighten the middle classes.
3. "Zarqawi wants to show his power and frighten people.
4. He dismisses Chabot‘s attacks as feeble attempts to frighten voters.
5. "You can liquidate a person or you can frighten him.