Dictionary Entry
frighten
frighten is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
- 2verb
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
"Ghosts could never affright her"
- 3verb
drive out by frightening
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