Frightened synonyms
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Part of speech:
Having fear; afraid, frightened.
Extremely frightened.
Threaten is defined as to pose a danger to someone or something, or to make someone believe you pose a danger by making statements indicating an intent to harm them.
Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
To affect or be affected with panic.
To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten:
The definition of frozen is a person or something turned into ice, damaged by extreme cold, preserved or made motionless by extreme cold, or without affection or in a fixed position.
(Slang) Timid or cowardly
To prevent or try to prevent by disapproving or raising objections or obstacles
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reassured (antonym)
scared
(Archaic) To frighten; terrify
To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
Petrify is to change organic matter into something stone like, or to cause extreme fear.
To lower the spirits of; make sad, discouraged, or apathetic; depress; deject
To make timid and submissive by filling with fear or awe; intimidate
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To perturb is defined as to disturb or bother.
To discomfort is defined as to make someone feel uncomfortable or to cause slight pain.
Faze is defined as to disturb someone.
To intrude on; inconvenience:
To affect with physical shock
To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]
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To deprive of courage or enthusiasm; discourage; depress; daunt
To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt:
To intimidate with harsh, stern looks and talk; bully
To repel is defined as to hold off, refuse to accept or reject.
comforted (antonym)
Comfort means to give a sense of peace to someone.
feared (related)
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Discomfit is defined as to cause someone to feel uneasy or embarrassed.
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
To upset or distress:
The definition of appall means to invoke feelings of offense, surprise, fear or terror.
To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
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To imtimidate is defined as to frighten someone or to make someone be in awe of you, especially if you do so in order to get what you want.
The definition of timid is shy and fearful.
happy (antonym)
Cheerful; willing:
Stricken with panic; badly frightened; hysterical and out of control from fear
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
To coerce or intimidate by causing fear.
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heartened (antonym)
To cheer up; encourage
encouraged (antonym)
Encourage is defined as to give someone hope, confidence or support.
exhilarated (antonym)
gladdened (antonym)
To make glad:
soothed (antonym)
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
enticed (antonym)
To attract by offering hope of reward or pleasure; tempt; allure
inveigled (antonym)
To lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something, going somewhere, etc.
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fascinated (antonym)
To fascinate is defined as to get someone very interested or to hold someone's attention.
distressed (related)
calm (antonym)
Not agitated or excited; tranquil
calmed (antonym)
To make or become calm or quiet:
terrify (related)
helpless (related)
worried (related)
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frighten (related)
resentful (related)
forgetful (related)
despondent (related)
frustrated (related)
impatient (related)
confused (related)
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Find another word for frightened. In this page you can discover 70 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for frightened, like: scared, afraid, terrified, startled, threatened, fearful, panicky, alarmed, panicked, spooked and demoralized.