frightenedadj.

Brit.

/ˈfrʌɪtnd/, U.S.

/ˈfraɪtnd/

Etymology: < frighten v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. That is put into a fright; affected with fright. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]

affrightedOE

ofdreadOE

afearedOE

offearedlOE

radc1175

frightya1325

fearedc1330

fearfulc1374

afraidc1380

frayeda1400

wrotha1400

afearc1410

ghastful1422

fleyedc1425

afleyeda1500

a flighta1535

effrayed1553

flight-given?1611

hareda1618

frighted1647

affrightened1649

frighteneda1721

scared1725

intimidated1727

frightsome1827

scary1827

funked1831

fearing1837

funked out1859

fearsome1863

chickenshit1940

a1721 M. Prior Lady's Looking-glass 16 Big waves lash the frighten'd shores.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 286 He suffered the frightened girl to spring to the ground.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 325 Her face wore a frightened look, as if she dreaded the effect of her boldness.

1885 Athenæum 2 May 561/3 The police..turn the frightened inmates out of their beds.

b. Const. at. In recent colloquial use frightened of (cf. ‘afraid of’) is common; frightened for in the same sense is Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > afraid of

afearedOE

afraidc1350

adoubteda1470

frightened1827

timid1833

nervous1848

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 123 I saw thee running..but thou wert frightened for our little dog.

1830 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 108 I cannot but be vexed that..you should set seriously about being frightened of my own worshipful self.

1858 Sat. Rev. 6 310/2 It is not usual for educated people to perpetrate such sentences as..‘I was frightened of her’.

1881 M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby 113 Baby was at first terribly frightened of him.

1890 Spectator 1 Nov. 583/1 Manufacturers..are frightened to death at the..rise in prices.

1897 Daily News 8 Apr. 11/1 What were you frightened at?

Derivatives

ˈfrightenedly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adverb]

frightlya1325

frayedly1570

fleyedly1596

frightedly1748

frightenedly1884

scaredly1901

1884 E. Fawcett Rutherford xxiv. 294 She was on the verge of drawing away from her frightenedly.

1891 H. Herman His Angel 10 Looking out..not in the least frightenedly, but inquiringly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frightened
释义	frightenedadj. Brit. /ˈfrʌɪtnd/, U.S. /ˈfraɪtnd/ Etymology: < frighten v. + -ed suffix¹. a. That is put into a fright; affected with fright. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 a1721 M. Prior Lady's Looking-glass 16 Big waves lash the frighten'd shores. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 286 He suffered the frightened girl to spring to the ground. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 325 Her face wore a frightened look, as if she dreaded the effect of her boldness. 1885 Athenæum 2 May 561/3 The police..turn the frightened inmates out of their beds. b. Const. at. In recent colloquial use frightened of (cf. ‘afraid of’) is common; frightened for in the same sense is Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > afraid of afearedOE afraidc1350 adoubteda1470 frightened1827 timid1833 nervous1848 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 123 I saw thee running..but thou wert frightened for our little dog. 1830 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 108 I cannot but be vexed that..you should set seriously about being frightened of my own worshipful self. 1858 Sat. Rev. 6 310/2 It is not usual for educated people to perpetrate such sentences as..‘I was frightened of her’. 1881 M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby 113 Baby was at first terribly frightened of him. 1890 Spectator 1 Nov. 583/1 Manufacturers..are frightened to death at the..rise in prices. 1897 Daily News 8 Apr. 11/1 What were you frightened at? Derivatives ˈfrightenedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adverb] frightlya1325 frayedly1570 fleyedly1596 frightedly1748 frightenedly1884 scaredly1901 1884 E. Fawcett Rutherford xxiv. 294 She was on the verge of drawing away from her frightenedly. 1891 H. Herman His Angel 10 Looking out..not in the least frightenedly, but inquiringly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1721
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