frightened

CEFRA2

/ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Feeling afraid or worried about danger.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of frighten

Examples

  • After being frightened for many hours, her mother finally came to rescue her.

  • He was very much frightened at the sight of the big snake.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfɹaɪʔn̩d/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Afraid; suffering from fear.

More examples

In context

  • It wasn't until then that I felt really frightened.

  • She looked very much frightened of the storm.

  • The elephant was frightened by mice.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank rabbit ran away from the loud noise.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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