frighten
English
/ˈfɹaɪtn̩/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Etymology
Affix from English fright.
Origin
English
fright
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- affright English
- affrighten English
- befright English
- fright English
- frightenable English
- frightener English
- frightenest English
- frighteneth English
- frightening English
- frighteningly English
- frightensome English
- frightfest English
- frightful English
- frightless English
- frightment English
- frightsome English
- frighty English
- mic fright English
- nightfright English
- nonfrightening English
- plane fright English
- speech fright English
- speechfright English
- unfrightenable English
- unfrightening English
- waterfright English
- fright Middle English
- furhten Old High German
- fäerten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fright
- frighty
- befright
- affright
- frightful
- frightsome
- frightless
- frightener
- frightment
- mic fright
- frightfest
- affrighten
- frightening
- frighteneth
- frightenest
- nightfright
- waterfright
- speechfright
- frightenable
- plane fright
- frightensome
- frighteningly
- unfrightening
- speech fright
- nonfrightening
- unfrightenable