| VERB | emotion | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
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| Sounds | fray'tahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | drive out by frightening. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will frighten him | |
| Synonyms | fright, scare, affright | |
| Cause to | fear, dread | Be afraid or scared of |
| Narrower | awe | inspire awe in |
| bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | |
| consternate | Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion | |
| dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify | Fill with apprehension or alarm | |
| intimidate | make timid or fearful | |
| spook | frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action | |
| terrify, terrorize, terrorise | Fill with terror | |
| Broader | stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
| See also | frighten off, frighten away | cause to lose courage |
| Spanish | amedrentar, asustar, atemorizar, espantar | |
| Catalan | esglaiar, espantar | |
| Nouns | frightening | the act of inspiring with fear |
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