FRIGHTEN

frighten, fright, scare, affright

(verb) cause fear in; “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; “Ghosts could never affright her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)

(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

Synonyms

• See also frighten

Anagrams

• fringeth

Source: Wiktionary


Fright"en, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Frightening.] Etym: [See Fright, v. t.]

Definition: To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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