I spoke to him kindly so as not to frighten him.
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Frighten
//ˈfɹaɪ.tən//
Synonyms for "frighten" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (43)
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3 entriesderived
10 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
120 translations across 59 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- πτήσσω verb (to disturb with fear)
- φοβέω verb (to disturb with fear)
- φοβερίζω verb (to disturb with fear)
- ἐκφοβέω verb (to disturb with fear)
Arabic
3 entries- أَفْزَعَ verb (to disturb with fear)
- خلع verb (to disturb with fear)
- خَشَّى verb (to disturb with fear)
Armenian
1 entries- վախեցնել verb (to disturb with fear)
Asturian
4 entries- amedrentar verb (to disturb with fear)
- apavorar verb (to disturb with fear)
- apavoriar verb (to disturb with fear)
- atemoriar verb (to disturb with fear)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qorxutmaq verb (to disturb with fear)
- qorxuya salmaq verb (to disturb with fear)
- qorxuzmaq verb (to disturb with fear)
Belarusian
4 entries- застрашы́ць verb (to disturb with fear)
- пало́хаць verb (to disturb with fear)
- спало́хаць verb (to disturb with fear)
- страшы́ць verb (to disturb with fear)
Breton
1 entries- spontañ verb (to disturb with fear)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изпла́ша verb (to disturb with fear)
- изпла́швам verb (to disturb with fear)
- пла́ша verb (to disturb with fear)
Burmese
1 entries- ခြောက် verb (to disturb with fear)
Catalan
4 entries- esgarrifar verb (to disturb with fear)
- espantar verb (to disturb with fear)
- espaventar verb (to disturb with fear)
- esporuguir verb (to disturb with fear)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 嚇 /吓 verb (to disturb with fear)
- 嚇唬 /吓唬 verb (to disturb with fear)
Czech
1 entries- vystrašit verb (to disturb with fear)
Danish
1 entries- skræmme verb (to disturb with fear)
Dutch
2 entries- bang maken verb (to disturb with fear)
- beangstigen verb (to disturb with fear)
Esperanto
1 entries- timigi verb (to disturb with fear)
Finnish
3 entries- pelottaa verb (to disturb with fear)
- säikyttää verb (to disturb with fear)
- säikähdyttää verb (to disturb with fear)
French
3 entries- effrayer verb (to disturb with fear)
- redouter verb (to disturb with fear)
- terrifier verb (to disturb with fear)
Friulian
1 entries- spaurî verb (to disturb with fear)
Galician
2 entries- atemorizar verb (to disturb with fear)
- espantar verb (to disturb with fear)
Georgian
1 entries- შეშინება verb (to disturb with fear)
German
4 entries- Angst machen verb (to disturb with fear)
- beängstigen verb (to disturb with fear)
- erschrecken verb (to disturb with fear)
- schrecken verb (to disturb with fear)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to disturb with fear)
Greek
1 entries- τρομάζω verb (to disturb with fear)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻomākaʻukaʻu verb (to disturb with fear)
Ingrian
2 entries- aroittaa verb (to disturb with fear)
- pölässyttää verb (to disturb with fear)
Irish
2 entries- cuir eagla ar verb (to disturb with fear)
- scanraigh verb (to disturb with fear)
Italian
2 entries- spaurire verb (to disturb with fear)
- spaventare verb (to disturb with fear)
Japanese
1 entries- 怖がらせる verb (to disturb with fear)
Korean
1 entries- 겁먹게 만들다 verb (to disturb with fear)
Latin
1 entries- terreō verb (to disturb with fear)
Latvian
3 entries- baidīt verb (to disturb with fear)
- biedināt verb (to disturb with fear)
- biedēt verb (to disturb with fear)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- tšachaś verb (to disturb with fear)
Macedonian
3 entries- заплаши verb (to disturb with fear)
- исплаши verb (to disturb with fear)
- плаши verb (to disturb with fear)
Malay
1 entries- menakutkan verb (to disturb with fear)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tetzauhqui verb (to disturb with fear)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tirsandin verb (to disturb with fear)
Old English
1 entries- grēosan verb (to disturb with fear)
Oromo
1 entries- sodaachiisuu verb (to disturb with fear)
Pashto
1 entries- وېرول verb (to disturb with fear)
Persian
1 entries- ترساندن verb (to disturb with fear)
Polabian
1 entries- aizosĕt verb (to disturb with fear)
Polish
3 entries- nastraszyć verb (to disturb with fear)
- przestraszyć verb (to disturb with fear)
- straszyć verb (to disturb with fear)
Portuguese
3 entries- ameaçar verb (to disturb with fear)
- amedrontar verb (to disturb with fear)
- intimidar verb (to disturb with fear)
Romanian
2 entries- speria verb (to disturb with fear)
- înspăimânta verb (to disturb with fear)
Russian
4 entries- испуга́ть verb (to disturb with fear)
- напуга́ть verb (to disturb with fear)
- пуга́ть verb (to disturb with fear)
- страши́ть verb (to disturb with fear)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prèstrašiti verb (to disturb with fear)
- strȁšiti verb (to disturb with fear)
- zàstrašiti verb (to disturb with fear)
- за̀страшити verb (to disturb with fear)
Sikkimese
1 entries- དཀྲོགས verb (to disturb with fear)
Slovak
1 entries- vystrašiť verb (to disturb with fear)
Slovene
2 entries- prestrašiti verb (to disturb with fear)
- strašiti verb (to disturb with fear)
Spanish
4 entries- amedrantar verb (to disturb with fear)
- amedrentar verb (to disturb with fear)
- aspaventar verb (to disturb with fear)
- asustar verb (to disturb with fear)
Swahili
2 entries- ogofisha verb (to disturb with fear)
- ogofya verb (to disturb with fear)
Swedish
1 entries- skrämma verb (to disturb with fear)
Telugu
1 entries- భయపడు verb (to disturb with fear)
Turkish
1 entries- korkutmak verb (to disturb with fear)
Ukrainian
4 entries- застраши́ти verb (to disturb with fear)
- зляка́ти verb (to disturb with fear)
- ляка́ти verb (to disturb with fear)
- страха́ти verb (to disturb with fear)
Vietnamese
1 entries- làm hoảng sợ verb (to disturb with fear)
Walloon
2 entries- fé sogne verb (to disturb with fear)
- sbarer verb (to disturb with fear)
Welsh
1 entries- dychryn verb (to disturb with fear)
Zazaki
1 entries- tersanen verb (to disturb with fear)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
People with Mohawk haircuts frighten me!
Source: tatoeba (507006)
Scary movies will frighten the children.
Source: tatoeba (681025)
Horror movies frighten me.
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