frightened

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/,/ˈfɹaɪʔn̩d/

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• Hyphenation:frigh‧tened

Adjective

frightened(comparativemorefrightened,superlativemostfrightened)

1. Afraid;suffering fromfear.

   She looked very muchfrightenedof the storm.

   • 1909,Archibald Marshall[pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, inThe Squire’s Daughter,New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead and Company,published1919,→OCLC:

     He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with afrightenedlook to the royal circle, […].

Synonyms

• See alsoThesaurus:afraid

Derived terms

• frightened rabbit

Translations

afraid, suffering from fear

• Arabic:فزعان
• Catalan:atemorit(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kinh hãi／Kinh hãi(zh)(jīnghài),Kinh hoàng／Kinh hoàng(zh)(jīnghuáng)

• Czech:vyděšený(cs),vystrašený
• Danish:bange(da)
• Dutch:lafhartig(nl),bangelijk(nl)
• Finnish:peloissaan(fi),kauhuissaan(fi)
• French:effrayé(fr),apeuré(fr)
• Georgian:შეშინებული(šešinebuli)
• German:erschrocken(de),furchtsam(de),verängstigt(de)
• Gothic:𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰(usfilma)
• Greek:

  Ancient:ἔμφοβος(émphobos),ταρβαλέος(tarbaléos)

• Hungarian:ijedt(hu)
• Icelandic:hræddur(is)
• Indonesian:kaget(id)
• Italian:allarmato(it),spaurito(it)
• Japanese:Phố い(ja)(こわい, kowai)
• Latin:territus,metuens,perterritus,exterritus,proterritus,formīdulōsus,timefactus,excītus,pavefactus,gelātus,pallidus
• Latvian:bail,bailīgs
• Luxembourgish:baang
• Norman:êffrité
• Old English:ācol
• Portuguese:amedrontado(pt),assustado(pt),assombrado(pt)
• Romanian:temător(ro)m,speriat(ro)m
• Russian:испу́ганный(ru)(ispúgannyj)
• Scots:feart,fleyed,frichtent,scart,scarred
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:уплашенm

  Latin:uplašen(sh)m

• Sicilian:scantatu(scn)
• Spanish:atemorizado(es)m
• Turkish:ürkmüş
• Winnebago:nąąǧirexjį

Verb

frightened

1. simplepastandpastparticipleoffrighten