frightenedadjective
uk/ˈfraɪ.tənd/us/ˈfraɪ.tənd/B1 feeling fear or worry:
She gets frightened when he shouts at her.
The police officer found a frightened child in the hut.
Are you frightened of spiders?
I was frightened (that) you would fall.
Don't be frightened to complain if the service is bad.
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- She was so frightened that she could not fix her thoughts on anything.
- The refugees were a pathetic sight - starving, frightened and cold.
- Don't be frightened, just give the horse a stroke.
- The boy threw a frightened look in the direction of the house.
- When you got lost in the forest you must have been very frightened.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Afraid
- afraid
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- cower
- fear for sb/sth
- fearfully
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated
- panic
- panic-stricken
- panicky
- pants
- petrified
- quake
- terrified
- terror
- terror-stricken
- unconfident
- worst
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