frightened
FRY-tuhnd/ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/
- 1Feeling afraid because something seems scary or dangerous.
Like how you feel when a big dog runs straight at you.
The frightened child hid behind her mother during the storm.
She looked frightened when the lights suddenly went out.
Similarscared, afraid, fearful, terrified, alarmed
Oppositeunafraid, fearless, calm
Note
- 2Simple past and past participle of frighten. Use this form for something that already happened.
The loud thunder frightened the little boy.
She frightened her sister with a scary mask.
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frightened is a form of frighten
frighten, verb: To make a person or animal feel afraid or scared. Full entry
- Forms
- frightenfrightens he/she/itfrightening -ing formfrightened past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- frighten → frightened: add -ed
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