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    frightened
    /ˈfrʌɪtnd/

    adjective

    • 1. afraid or anxious: "a frightened child"

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  3. Frightened is an adjective that means feeling fear or worry. Learn how to use it in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and hear the pronunciation.

  4. Frightened is an adjective that means feeling fear or made to feel afraid. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related phrases of frightened.

  5. Frightened definition: thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified. See examples of FRIGHTENED used in a sentence.

  6. Learn the meaning, pronunciation, usage and synonyms of frightened, an adjective that describes feeling fear. See examples, idioms and collocations with frightened.

  7. Someone who's frightened is scared or anxious. A frightened camper might tremble with fear as she listens to the scary campfire stories her counselor tells. When you're frightened, you feel fearful — you might be frightened of thunderstorms or frightened of strange dogs.

  8. Learn the meaning, synonyms, pronunciation and usage of the adjective 'frightened', which means anxious or afraid. See examples of 'frightened' in sentences and compare with other words.

  9. 1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. To drive or force by arousing fear: The suspect was frightened into confessing. v.intr. To become afraid: told ghost stories to campers who frightened easily. fright′en·er n. fright′en·ing·ly adv. Synonyms: frighten, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, panic.

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