frighten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frighten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for frighten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frighten v cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" Synonym(s): frighten, fright, scare, affright drive out by frightening
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frighten \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.