frighten

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaɪtn̩/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪtən
Hyphenation: frigh‧ten

Verb

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

To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright

Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:frighten

Translations

to disturb with fear

Arabic: خَشَّى‎‎ m (ḵaššā), أَفْزَعَ‎‎ (ʾafzaʿa)
Moroccan Arabic: خلع‎‎ (khle3)
Bulgarian: плаша (bg) (plaša), изплашвам (bg) (izplašvam)
Burmese: ခြောက် (my) (hkrauk)
Catalan: espantar (ca), espaventar (ca), esporuguir (ca), esgarrifar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嚇唬 (zh), 吓唬 (zh) (xiàhu), 嚇 (zh), 吓 (zh) (xià)
Czech: vystrašit
Dutch: bang (nl) maken (nl), beangstigen (nl)
Esperanto: timigi
Finnish: pelottaa (fi), säikyttää (fi)
French: effrayer (fr), redouter (fr), terrifier (fr)
Friulian: spaurî
Georgian: შეშინება (šešineba)
German: Angst machen, erschrecken (de), schrecken (de), beängstigen (de), ängstigen (de)
Greek: τρομάζω (el) (tromázo)
Ancient: ἐκφοβέω (ekphobéō), φοβέω (phobéō)
Irish: cuir eagla ar, scanraigh
Italian: spaurire, spaventare (it)
Japanese: 怖がらせる (こわがらせる, kowagaraseru)
Latin: terreō

Latvian: baidīt, biedēt, biedināt
Malay: menakutkan
Nahuatl: tetzauhqui
Pashto: وېرول‎‎ (werawël)
Persian: ترساندن‎‎ (fa) (tarsândan)
Polish: przestraszyć (pl), nastraszyć
Portuguese: intimidar (pt), amedrontar (pt), ameaçar (pt)
Romanian: speria (ro), înspăimânta (ro)
Russian: пуга́ть (ru) impf (pugátʹ), испуга́ть (ru) pf (ispugátʹ), напуга́ть (ru) pf (napugátʹ)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: tšachaś
Spanish: atemorizar (es)
Swahili: -ogofya (sw), -ogofisha
Swedish: skrämma (sv)
Telugu: భయపడు (te) (bhayapaḍu)
Turkish: korkutmak (tr)
Ukrainian: ляка́ти (ljakáty)
Walloon: sbarer (wa), fé sogne (wa)
Welsh: dychryn (cy)
Westrobothnian: räädd

Anagrams

fringeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

friȝten, fyrten

Etymology

From Old English fyrhtan; equivalent to fright +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrixtən/, [ˈfriçtən]

Verb

frighten

To frighten, scare

Conjugation

Conjugation of frighten (weak)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	frighten
1st person singular	frighte	frightede
2nd person singular	frightest	frightedest
3rd person singular	frighteth, frighteþ	frightede
plural	frighten	frighteden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	frighte	frightede
plural	frighten	frighteden
imperative	present
singular	frighte
plural	frighteth, frighteþ
participle	present	past
participle	frightende, frightinge	frighted, yfrighted

Descendants

English: (to) fright (archaic)

References

“frighten (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

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