Definitions for frighten

frighten fright·en

Spelling: [frahyt-n]
IPA: /ˈfraɪt n/

Frighten is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in frighten (efghinrt).

Definitions for frighten

verb (used with object)

  1. to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
  2. to drive (usually followed by away, off, etc.) by scaring:

verb (used without object)

  1. to become frightened:

Origin of frighten

First recorded in 1660-70; fright + -en1

Examples for frighten

This happens to be the perfect course of action, better to frighten you with the hellish episode of slavery.

This man said I must be operated on by a burning process, all of which was said to frighten me to duty.

In growth all is adjusted to capacity; it is not meant to shock, force, or frighten.

And all the little disfiguring hurts of life—they frighten me!

There was nothing in that to frighten her: there was everything to make her feel content and proud.

That should frighten every Republican out of their small thinking.

Indeed, his inept attempts to frighten off Stewie only make the situation worse.

The work was hard, and the weather cold; but these did not frighten me.

Big scary Transformer-like robots with heads ablaze that frighten the kids back across the treacherous desert?

Their goal is to frighten women who have objected to forced hijab.

Word Value for frighten
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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