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Flighten

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flighten"

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frightenverb(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
freightenverbObsolete form of frighten. [(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.]
fleynoun(obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
frightnounA 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
skeernounPronunciation 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.
terrifyverbTo 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.
fleetnounA group of vessels or vehicles.

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