Meanings
comparative more frightened · superlative most frightened
- Afraid; suffering from fear.
She looked very much frightened of the storm.
1 more example
He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivethrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἔμφοβος, ταρβαλέος
- ἔμφοβος (émphobos)afraid, suffering from fear
- ταρβαλέος (tarbaléos)afraid, suffering from fear
Arabic فزعان
- فزعانafraid, suffering from fear
Catalan atemorit
- atemoritafraid, suffering from fear
Chinese Mandarin 驚駭 /惊骇, 驚惶 /惊惶
- 驚駭 /惊骇 (jīnghài)afraid, suffering from fear
- 驚惶 /惊惶 (jīnghuáng)afraid, suffering from fear
Czech vyděšený, vystrašený
- vyděšenýafraid, suffering from fear
- vystrašenýafraid, suffering from fear
Danish bange
- bangeafraid, suffering from fear
Dutch lafhartig, bangelijk
- lafhartigafraid, suffering from fear
- bangelijkafraid, suffering from fear
Esperanto tima
- timaafraid, suffering from fear
Finnish peloissaan, kauhuissaan
- peloissaanafraid, suffering from fear
- kauhuissaanafraid, suffering from fear
French effrayé, apeuré
- effrayéafraid, suffering from fear
- apeuréafraid, suffering from fear
German erschrocken, furchtsam
- erschrockenafraid, suffering from fear
- furchtsamafraid, suffering from fear
- verängstigtafraid, suffering from fear
Hungarian ijedt
- ijedtafraid, suffering from fear
Icelandic hræddur
- hræddurafraid, suffering from fear
Indonesian kaget
- kagetafraid, suffering from fear
Italian allarmato, spaurito
- allarmatoafraid, suffering from fear
- spauritoafraid, suffering from fear
Japanese 怖い
- 怖い (kowai)afraid, suffering from fear
Latin territus, metuens
- territusafraid, suffering from fear
- metuensafraid, suffering from fear
- perterritusafraid, suffering from fear
- exterritusafraid, suffering from fear
- proterritusafraid, suffering from fear
- formīdulōsusafraid, suffering from fear
- timefactusafraid, suffering from fear
- excītusafraid, suffering from fear
- pavefactusafraid, suffering from fear
- gelātusafraid, suffering from fear
- pallidusafraid, suffering from fear
Latvian bail, bailīgs
- bailafraid, suffering from fear
- bailīgsafraid, suffering from fear
Portuguese amedrontado, assustado
- amedrontadoafraid, suffering from fear
- assustadoafraid, suffering from fear
- assombradoafraid, suffering from fear
Romanian temător, speriat
- temătorafraid, suffering from fear
- speriatafraid, suffering from fear
Russian испу́ганный
- испу́ганный (ispúgannyj)afraid, suffering from fear
Spanish atemorizado
- atemorizadoafraid, suffering from fear
Turkish ürkmüş
- ürkmüşafraid, suffering from fear
Ukrainian зля́каний, переля́каний
- зля́каний (zljákanyj)afraid, suffering from fear
- переля́каний (pereljákanyj)afraid, suffering from fear
Cite this entry
frightened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frightened
“frightened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frightened. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frightened,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frightened.
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