英语词汇“frighten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents.

If horror movies and haunted houses frighten you, they scare you, and all it might take to frighten your skittish cat is the sound of the vacuum cleaner or coffee grinder. Frighten is the verb form of the noun fright. although originally the verb was also fright. The Old English source is fyrhtu, "fear, dread, trembling, or horrible sight."

WORD FAMILY

frighten: frightened, frightening, frightens+/frightened: frighteneder, frightenedest, frightenedly, unfrightened/frightening: frighteningly, frightenings

USAGE EXAMPLES

With relatives and friends still in harm's way in Syria, or seeking sanctuary in neighbouring countries, these are frightening times.

BBC(Dec 31, 2016)

The frightening prospect for opponents is, Hurts will only improve.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

And a top national security official who values dialogue over diatribes is what we need to put the brakes on Trump’s most frightening counterterrorism proposals.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

1v cause fear in

The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

affright, fright, scare

bluff

frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

awe

inspire awe in

terrify, terrorise, terrorize

fill with terror; frighten greatly

intimidate

make timid or fearful

alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

consternate

fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion

spook

frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action

cow, overawe

subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

hold over

intimidate somebody (with a threat)

ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm

be bossy towards

panic

cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

shock

strike with horror or terror

excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

2v drive out by frightening

Hyper

chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

单词	frighten
释义	frighten (once / 120 pages) v To frighten is to make someone feel afraid. Your new look — pink hair, tattoos, and piercings — will probably frighten your grandparents. If horror movies and haunted houses frighten you, they scare you, and all it might take to frighten your skittish cat is the sound of the vacuum cleaner or coffee grinder. Frighten is the verb form of the noun fright. although originally the verb was also fright. The Old English source is fyrhtu, "fear, dread, trembling, or horrible sight." WORD FAMILY frighten: frightened, frightening, frightens+/frightened: frighteneder, frightenedest, frightenedly, unfrightened/frightening: frighteningly, frightenings USAGE EXAMPLES With relatives and friends still in harm's way in Syria, or seeking sanctuary in neighbouring countries, these are frightening times. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The frightening prospect for opponents is, Hurts will only improve. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And a top national security official who values dialogue over diatribes is what we need to put the brakes on Trump’s most frightening counterterrorism proposals. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1v cause fear in The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper affright, fright, scare bluff frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is awe inspire awe in terrify, terrorise, terrorize fill with terror; frighten greatly intimidate make timid or fearful alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised consternate fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion spook frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action cow, overawe subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat) ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm be bossy towards panic cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic shock strike with horror or terror excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 2v drive out by frightening Hyper chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
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