Thesaurus:frighten

Thesaurus

frighten

English

Verb

Sense: to fill with fear

Synonyms

• alarm
• affright
• appall
• dismay
• fray (archaic)
• frighten
• grill (obsolete, Scotland)
• give someone the shits (idiomatic, vulgar)
• harrow
• horrify
• make someone's blood run cold (idiomatic)
• petrify
• scare
• scare straight
• scare the bejeebers out of (slang)
• scare the pants off of (idiomatic, slang)
• terrorize
• terrify
• spook

Hyponyms

• daunt
• intimidate    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• annoy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• enrage    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vex    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• affect
• inflict
• upset    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:afraid
• Thesaurus:disheartening
• Thesaurus:fear
• Thesaurus:asustar (Spanish)

Further reading

• “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “frighten” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• “frighten”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.