Definitions for frightens

frightens fright·en

Spelling: [frahyt-n]
IPA: /ˈfraɪt n/

Frightens is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 512 anagrams from letters in frightens (efghinrst).

Definitions for frightens

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 frightens

First recorded in 1660-70; fright + -en1

Examples for frightens

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

That should frighten every Republican out of their small thinking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for frightens
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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