frighten

Verbs

  • (v) cause fear in
    • The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
    • Ghosts could never affright her
    affright, fright, scare,
  • (v) drive out by frightening

Synonyms

affright fright scare

See also

daunt frighten away frighten off scare away scare off pall scare dash

Words of close approximity

frighten away frightened frightening frighteningly frighten off