💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flighten"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| frightenverb | (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright. |
| freightenverb | Obsolete form of frighten. [(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.] |
| fleynoun | (obsolete, transitive) To frighten. |
| frightnoun | A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. |
| fearnoun | (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. |
| affrightnoun | (archaic) Great fear, terror, fright. |
| affrightenverb | (archaic) To frighten. |
| befrightverb | (transitive) To fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frighten |
| skeernoun | Pronunciation spelling of scare. [A minor fright.] |
| fleeverb | (intransitive) To run away; to escape. |
| fraynoun | (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel. |
| spooknoun | (informal) A scare or fright. |
| flaynoun | (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare. |
| scare offverb | (transitive) To deter. |
| terrifyverb | To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. |
| fiercenverb | (intransitive) To become or grow fierce. |
| flinchverb | (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench. |
| cowernoun | (intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear. |
| beflutterverb | (intransitive) To flutter around or about. |
| fleetnoun | A group of vessels or vehicles. |
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