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FRIGHTENED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made afraid
Example:
too shocked and scared to move
Synonyms:
frightened; scared
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Example:
the terrified horse bolted
Synonyms:
frightened; panic-stricken; panic-struck; panicked; panicky; terrified
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb frighten
Context examples:
I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I was very uneasy and alarmed, as you may fancy, and it rather added to my fears to observe that the stranger was certainly frightened himself.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) I get a sort of frightened feeling as if something awful is about to happen.
(HADS - I Get a Frightened Feeling Something Awful is About to Happen, NCI Thesaurus)
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) I get a sort of frightened feeling like 'butterflies' in the stomach.
(HADS - I Get Frightened Feeling Like Butterflies in the Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Is the patient very nervous, worried, or frightened for no apparent reason?
(NPI - Very Nervous, Worried, or Frightened for No Apparent Reason, NCI Thesaurus)
Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the sawbones; and there you might have supposed would be an end to it.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The frightened tire-woman tried to excuse herself.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then the servant was greatly frightened, and said, “It may perhaps be only a cat or a dog.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
They were all very seriously frightened.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
