frighten

== English == === Alternative forms === freighten (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English *frightenen, equivalent to fright +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/, [ˈfɹ̥aɪtn̩], [ˈfɹ̥aɪʔn̩] Rhymes: -aɪtən Hyphenation: frigh‧ten === Verb === frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened) (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright. (intransitive) To become scared or alarmed. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:frighten ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fright ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === fringeth == Middle English == === Alternative forms === friȝten, fyrten === Etymology === From Old English fyrhtan, from Proto-West Germanic *furhtijan, from Proto-Germanic *furhtijaną; equivalent to fright +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrixtən/, [ˈfriçtən] === Verb === frighten To frighten, scare ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: fright (verb) (archaic) Scots: fricht ==== References ==== “frighten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.