What part of speech is frighten?

Frighten can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. frighten is a verb, present, 1st person singular of frighten (infinitive).
  • 2. frighten is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does frighten mean?

Definitions

Verb

frighten - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
frighten - drive out by frightening

Examples of frighten

#   Sentence  
1. verb The two screamed to frighten the bear and warn their friends in a tent several metres away but the bear ripped into that tent and began mauling 31-year-old Alain Parenteau.
2. verb With the death of Garcia, the pursuit might cease, since such a death might frighten others from the task.>>
3. verb I spoke to him kindly so as not to frighten him.
4. verb People with Mohawk haircuts frighten me!
5. verb Scary movies will frighten the children.
6. verb Horror movies frighten me.
7. verb Your threats don't frighten me.
8. verb Don't let Tom frighten you.
9. verb I didn't want to frighten you.
10. verb Women frighten me.
11. verb You don't frighten me.
12. verb Don't try to frighten me.
13. verb I didn't mean to frighten you.
14. verb I think assassins have been invented by fathers and mothers to frighten children who want to run away at night.
15. verb For her, floods frighten less than earthquakes.
Sentence  
verb
The two screamed to frighten the bear and warn their friends in a tent several metres away but the bear ripped into that tent and began mauling 31-year-old Alain Parenteau.
With the death of Garcia, the pursuit might cease, since such a death might frighten others from the task.>>
I spoke to him kindly so as not to frighten him.
People with Mohawk haircuts frighten me!
Scary movies will frighten the children.
Horror movies frighten me.
Your threats don't frighten me.
Don't let Tom frighten you.
I didn't want to frighten you.
Women frighten me.
You don't frighten me.
Don't try to frighten me.
I didn't mean to frighten you.
I think assassins have been invented by fathers and mothers to frighten children who want to run away at night.
For her, floods frighten less than earthquakes.

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