Frightened

Word FRIGHTENED
Character 10
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/

Definitions and meanings of "Frightened"

What do we mean by frightened?

To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

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The word "frightened" in example sentences

But it made her too ... not frightened -- she wasn't _frightened_ -- too _ashamed_ at the very thought of giving up, going back home empty-handed, blocked by a wizard who used cattle like these as his servants. ❋ Card, Orson Scott (1999)

I didn't feel frightened exactly, so fur; didn't _know_ enough, maybe, to be _frightened_ of _any_ animal. ❋ Charles George Douglas Roberts (1901)

She was waiting to decide how she felt about it, whether the idea that this voice was trying to call her name frightened her, filled her with remorse or comforted her. ❋ Steve Erickson (1985)

Fox holds a potlatch to signalize his marriage to Lit-Lit and she, "tearfully shy and frightened, is bedecked by her husband with a new calico dress, splendidly beaded mocassins, a gorgeous silk handkerchief over her raven hair, a purple scarf about her throat, brass earrings and finger-rings, and a whole pint of pinchbeck jewelry, including a Waterbury watch." ❋ Unknown (2008)

I predict that the majority of sheep who voted for Bush will be again frightened into voting for McCain because they will play into people's fears about Obama (aka Muslim, flag pin, bitter, Wright). voters are sheep. that's why we had bush elected for 2 terms. that's why McCain will probably be voted in. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Her expression frightened him more than anything he'd ever seen on a human face. ❋ Shatner, William (1997)

Her breath came in short, frightened gasps, as if she were a rabbit at the end of a chase; her heart pounded as she again reached for the piece of paper. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1995)

They appeared, in short, frightened to death, at least so as to sit trembling and stupid, and not able to speak either, for the smoke. ❋ Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe (1958)

When he did, his expression frightened her almost as much as his weakness had. ❋ Ann Wilson (N/A)

He looked about 45, his expression frightened, but seeming hopeful as well -- not at all a normal reaction, and it puzzled her. ❋ Ann Wilson (N/A)

When the lioness was made safe I went up into the garden where the little Princess and her ladies still stood in frightened silence, the Lady Belledowin in their midst. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Get down! someone suddenly warned in frightened tones above the uproar. ❋ Unknown (1911)

She had been frightened away from her first meeting, but she would not be frightened from the second, which was also to be the last. ❋ Unknown (1907)

Her heart was beating in short frightened leaps: a moment more and she would have cried out. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

Her expression frightened me, you can understand, my little angel. ❋ Gaston Leroux (1897)

'Did you see how the sound of his name frightened her?' he presently added. ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

The rigidity of her expression frightened the Duke, and he bent in terror to listen to her breathing. ❋ Sarah Bernhardt (1884)

The word frightened him, and the sand under his feet seemed to crack; a woodpecker in an old tree tapped as if it was the tree's old heart quickened by something; the houses all around looked like live objects, with their windows fixed upon his walk, like married folks 'eyes. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

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