: feeling fear : made to feel afraid
a badly frightened child
The farmer was hurrying out into the road, and his wife was standing at the gate, looking very frightened.—
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Examples of frightened in a Sentence
I am frightened of the dark
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Many would-be escapees are too old or too frightened to try.
—Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
Fields' Wizard would've been more of a con-man while Morgan played him as a frightened little humbug.
—Jeff Labrecque, EW.com, 17 June 2024
The pair both filed for restraining orders against one another after Blanchard reportedly became frightened that her estranged husband might physically harm her.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
There’s one other reason to be frightened of a 7-2 or 8-1 Republican Supreme Court: Bush v. Gore (2000) happened.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 10 June 2024
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Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
Fields' Wizard would've been more of a con-man while Morgan played him as a frightened little humbug.
—Jeff Labrecque, EW.com, 17 June 2024
The pair both filed for restraining orders against one another after Blanchard reportedly became frightened that her estranged husband might physically harm her.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
There’s one other reason to be frightened of a 7-2 or 8-1 Republican Supreme Court: Bush v. Gore (2000) happened.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 10 June 2024
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“Frightened.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frightened. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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