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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fright·en DATE 1630 transitive verb 1. to make afraid : terrify 2. to drive or force by frightening frightened the boy into confessing intransitive verb : to become frightened Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ frighten fright·en / 5fraitn / verb to make sb suddenly feel afraid 使惊吓；使惊恐: ▪ [VN] Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. 对不起,我没有吓唬你的意思。 She's not easily frightened. 她不是轻易吓倒的。 ▪ [V] She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid). 她不是轻易吓倒的。 ▪ [also VN to inf] IDIOMS ⇨ see daylights , death , life PHRASAL VERBS ▪ 7frighten sb / sth ↔ a'way / 'off | 7frighten sb / sth a'way from sth 1. to make a person or an animal go away by making them feel afraid 把…吓走(或吓跑): He threatened the intruders with a gun and frightened them off. 他用枪威胁闯入者,把他们吓跑了。 2. to make sb afraid or nervous so that they no longer want to do sth 把…吓得不敢(做某事): The high prices have frightened off many customers. 高价使许多顾客却步。 ▪ 'frighten sb into sth / into doing sth to make sb do sth by making them afraid 把…吓得做某事 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English frighten verb ADV. really The prospect of war really frightens me. | quite | almost | easily a man who doesn't frighten easily (= become frightened easily) VERB + FRIGHTEN want to | not mean to I didn't mean to frighten you. | try to PHRASES frighten sb out of their wits, frighten sb to death, frighten the life out of sb (all informal) Don't creep around like that! You frightened the life out of me! Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb to strike or to fill with fear or dread FF1C;the puppy was frightenedby the unfamiliar noisesFF1E; Synonyms: affright, alarm, awe, fright, scare, ||spook, startle, terrify, terrorize Related Words: appall, astound, daunt, disconcert, dismay, faze, horrify, shock; demoralize, unman, unnerve; browbeat, bulldoze, cow, intimidate; agitate, discompose, disquiet, perturb, upset Idioms: curdle the blood, curl the hair, freeze the blood, frighten one out of one's wits, give one a scare, give one a turn, make one's blood run cold, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's teeth chatter, make one tremble, put one's heart in one's mouth, scare hell out of, scare one spitless, scare one stiff, scare the life out of, scare the pants off of, scare to death, strike terror into, take one's breath away Contrasted Words: embolden, encourage, hearten, reassure Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fright·en \ˈfrītən\ verb (frightened ; frightened ; frightening \-t(ə)niŋ\ ; frightens) Etymology: fright (I) + -en transitive verb 1. : to markedly disturb with fear : throw into a state of alarm :make afraid : terrify < the mask frightened the child > 2. a. : to impel or drive by frightening < frightened the boy into confessing his crime > < frightened the prowler away > b. : to evoke by the use of frightening methods < frighten the secret out of the man > 3. dialect England : to take by surprise : amaze < I shouldn't be frightened if it rained today > intransitive verb 1. : to produce fright : scare , terrify < a costume designed to frighten > 2. : to become frightened < not a man who frightens easily > Synonyms: fright , scare , alarm , terrify , terrorize , startle , affray , affright : these verbs have in common the meaning of to fill with fear or dread. frighten , perhaps the most general, may apply to a momentary reaction of mild or acute apprehension or to a long-standing state of mind in which fear or dread prevails, although more frequently implying a shortish reaction of acute apprehension and generally suggesting a paralyzing effect upon the body or the will < children frightened by thunder > < the silence of the house for a long time frightened Clara — Sherwood Anderson > < when I started down that precipice I was frightened, literally scared numb and stiff — W.A.White > fright is an older and now almost solely literary or dialect form of frighten < you have Death perpetually before your eyes, only so far removed as to compose the mind without frighting it — Thomas Gray > Often equivalent to frighten in conversational use, scare usually implies a quick fear that causes one to run, shy, or tremble < the near approach of death scared him into sincerity — T.B.Macaulay > < sensational books commonly try to scare the reader — C.E.Kellogg > alarm , in modern use, stresses apprehension or anxiety < they had been alarmed during the night by loud noises that must have been demolitions of some kind — Eric Linklater > < my mother, alarmed by the cries and fighting, came running downstairs to help me — R.L.Stevenson > terrify puts stress upon acute fear and agitation, usually suggesting a state of mind in which self-control or self-direction are impossible < something in his face and in his voice terrified her heart — Robert Hichins > < these things terrified the people to the last degree — Daniel Defoe > terrorize , as distinct from terrify , often implies an intentional affecting with terror < a band of cutthroats and thieves that terrorized the lower Mississippi valley — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < he delighted in terrorizing the guests by his bullying and swaggering ways — E.V.Buckholder > startle always implies surprise or a sudden usually light shock that causes one to jump or shrink < an infant is startled by a loud noise — Morris Fishbein > < suddenly she was startled into an upright position, with her eyes staring and her mouth wide open — Liam O'Flaherty > affray and affright are now archaic and found usually in poetic works; affray is very close to terrify , affright close to frighten < blastings and blightings of hope and love, and rude shocks that affray — Robert Bridges †1930 > < I was affrighted by that impossible novel — W.B.Yeats > < a picture of Purgatory which made the hair of those who gazed on it stand on end in terror, and so affrighted the butchers and the fishmongers that they abandoned their trade of taking life — Laurence Binyon > |
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