Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - frighten
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Frighten
frighten
(frightens, frightening, frightened) 1. If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous. He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear... Most children are frightened by the sight of blood. = scare VERB: V n, V n 2. If something frightens the life out of you, frightens the wits out of you, or frightens you out of your wits, it causes you to feel suddenly afraid or gives you a very unpleasant shock. Fairground rides are intended to frighten the life out of you. PHRASE: V inflects c darkgreen]emphasis
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verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1630 transitive verb 1. to make afraid ; terrify 2. to drive or force by ~ing ~ed the boy into confessing intransitive verb to become ~ed • ~ingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 fill with fright; terrify (was frightened at the bang; is frightened of dogs). 2 (foll. by away, off, out of, into) drive or force by fright (frightened it out of the room; frightened them into submission; frightened me into agreeing). Derivatives frightening adj. frighteningly adv. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пугать to be frightened of smth. —- бояться чего-л to frighten a child into fits —- напугать ребенка до судорог to frighten smb. into submission —- страхом заставить кого-л повиноваться to frighten out of doing smth. —- заставить отказаться от чего-л путем запугивания to frighten smb. out of his wits —- сильно напугать кого-л to frighten smb., smth. away —- спугнуть кого-л, что-л ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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away спугнуть Keep still, or youll frighten the rabbit away. FRIGHTEN into страхом, запугиванием заставить сделать что-л. The salesman frightened the old lady into signing the paper, by threatening to take away the goods. FRIGHTEN off спугнуть Dont put your prices too high or youll frighten the customers off. FRIGHTEN out of запугиванием заставить отказаться от чего-л. to frighten smb. out of existence напугать кого-л. до смерти FRIGHTEN the pants off coll. напугать до смерти; We all love to frighten the pants off ourselves by going on hair-raising rides at funfairs. FRIGHTEN v. пугать - frighten away - frighten into - frighten off - frighten out of Syn: scare, startle, terrify Ant: calm, comfort, quiet, soothe, tranquillize ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to make someone feel afraid (Don't stand so near the edge, you're frightening me! | frighten sb to death/frighten sb out of their wits (=make someone feel extremely afraid)) (She'll be frightened to death when she sees the way you drive.) 2 frighten sb into/out of (doing) sth to force someone to do something or not to do something by making them afraid (The lawyers frightened the old lady into signing the paper.) frighten sb away phr v to make a person or animal go away by making them feel afraid (Terrorist activity in the area has frightened most tourists away.) frighten sb/sth off phr v to make a person or animal so nervous or afraid that they go away or do not do something they were going to do (The investors were frightened off by the company's low profits that year.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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