to make sb suddenly feel afraid:
[VN] Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. * She's not easily frightened. * [V] She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid). [also VNtoinf]
IDIOMS see DAYLIGHTS, DEATH, LIFE
PHRASALVERBS
frighten sb/sth<->away / off
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is frighten a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, frighten is tagged as verb.
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