unfrightened

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adjective

Not frightened; unafraid.

Similar
unafraidfearless
OriginEnglish frightened ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unfrightened1

adjectiveunfrightened (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot frightened; unafraid.

unfrightened2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unfrighten

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot affected by fright

Similar
unafraidfearless
Also see
fearlessunafraid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishfrightened
  9. Englishunfrightened

From un- + frightened.

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APA

unfrightened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfrightened

MLA

“unfrightened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfrightened. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfrightened,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfrightened.

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