English verb: frighten away | |||
1. | frighten away (emotion) cause to lose courage | ||
Samples | Dashed by the refusal. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot frighten away Sue , The bad news will frighten away him | ||
Synonyms | dash, daunt, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intimidate, restrain | ||