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frighten
Overview of verb frighten
The verb frighten has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")
2. (1) frighten -- (drive out by frightening)
Grep of noun frighten
frightening
Antonyms of verb frighten
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Also See> frighten off#1; frighten away#1
Sense 2
frighten
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb frighten
1 of 2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> bluff
=> awe
=> terrify, terrorize, terrorise
=> intimidate
=> dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> consternate
=> spook
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Also See> frighten off#1; frighten away#1
Sense 2
frighten
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
'Cause To' of verb frighten
1 of 2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> fear, dread
Derived Forms of verb frighten
1 of 2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
RELATED TO>(noun) frightening#1
=> terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
Domain of verb frighten
Domain Terms of verb frighten
Familiarity of verb frighten
frighten used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
EX: The bad news will frighten him
Sense 2
frighten
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> fuel
=> arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> thrill, tickle, vibrate
=> tempt, invite
=> elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
=> inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
=> titillate
Sense 2
frighten
> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> frighten
=> fire
=> clear the air
=> banish
=> shoo off, shoo, shoo away
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
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Sense 2
frighten
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
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Grep of verb frighten
frighten
frighten away
frighten off
Grep of adj frighten
frightened
frightening
Grep of adv frighten
frighteningly
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