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English verb: frighten | |||
| 1. | frighten (emotion) cause fear in | ||
| Samples | The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me. Ghosts could never affright her. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will frighten him | ||
| Synonyms | affright, fright, scare | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alarm, appal, appall, awe, bluff, consternate, dismay, horrify, intimidate, spook, terrify, terrorise, terrorize | ||
| Cause | dread, fear | ||
| 2. | frighten (emotion) drive out by frightening | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | ||
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