frightenedadj.
/ˈfrʌɪtnd/, U.S. /ˈfraɪtnd/ a. That is put into a fright; affected with fright. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]
affrightedOE
ofdreadOE
afearedOE
offearedlOE
radc1175
frightya1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
afraidc1380
frayeda1400
wrotha1400
afearc1410
ghastful1422
fleyedc1425
afleyeda1500
a flighta1535
effrayed1553
flight-given?1611
hareda1618
frighted1647
affrightened1649
frighteneda1721
scared1725
intimidated1727
frightsome1827
scary1827
funked1831
fearing1837
funked out1859
fearsome1863
chickenshit1940
a1721 M. Prior Lady's Looking-glass 16 Big waves lash the frighten'd shores.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 286 He suffered the frightened girl to spring to the ground.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 325 Her face wore a frightened look, as if she dreaded the effect of her boldness.
1885 Athenæum 2 May 561/3 The police..turn the frightened inmates out of their beds.
b. Const. at. In recent colloquial use frightened of (cf. ‘afraid of’) is common; frightened for in the same sense is Scottish.
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the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > afraid of
afearedOE
afraidc1350
adoubteda1470
frightened1827
timid1833
nervous1848
1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. L. Tieck in German Romance II. 123 I saw thee running..but thou wert frightened for our little dog.
1830 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 108 I cannot but be vexed that..you should set seriously about being frightened of my own worshipful self.
1858 Sat. Rev. 6 310/2 It is not usual for educated people to perpetrate such sentences as..‘I was frightened of her’.
1881 M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby 113 Baby was at first terribly frightened of him.
1890 Spectator 1 Nov. 583/1 Manufacturers..are frightened to death at the..rise in prices.
1897 Daily News 8 Apr. 11/1 What were you frightened at?
Derivatives
ˈfrightenedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [adverb]
frightlya1325
frayedly1570
fleyedly1596
frightedly1748
frightenedly1884
scaredly1901
1884 E. Fawcett Rutherford xxiv. 294 She was on the verge of drawing away from her frightenedly.
1891 H. Herman His Angel 10 Looking out..not in the least frightenedly, but inquiringly.
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