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to frighten
01
to cause a person or animal to feel scared
Transitive: to frighten a person or animal
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
frighten
3rd person singular
frightens
Present participle
frightening
Past simple
frightened
Past participle
frightened
Examples
The loud bang outside the window frightened the sleeping child.
02
to feel worried or scared
Intransitive
Examples
She might frighten in the dark.
Lexical Tree
frightened
frightening
frighten
