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{
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"word": "do someone a frighten"
},
{
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"word": "frightening"
},
{
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"word": "frighten the horses"
},
{
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"word": "frighten the life out of someone"
},
{
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"word": "frighten the piss out of"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "fryghten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fryghten",
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},
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"2": "fright",
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},
"expansion": "fright + -en",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English fryghten, equivalent to fright + -en.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "frightens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "frightening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"frigh‧ten"
],
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"source": "Thesaurus:frighten",
"word": "daunt"
},
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"word": "intimidate"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "fright"
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"word": "afraid"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "disheartening"
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"source": "Thesaurus:frighten",
"word": "fear"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:frighten",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "asustar"
}
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"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Fear",
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"parents": [
"Emotions",
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1746, Isaac Kimber, “Henry VII”, in The History of England, from the Earliest Accounts to the Accession of His Present Majesty King George II. […], page 217",
"text": "His Deſign was only to frighten France, and get more Money.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1883, Felix Leopold Oswald, “A Step-child of Nature”, in Zoological Sketches[:] A Contribution to the Out-door Study of Natural History, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 90",
"text": "You may frighten a pig, a goose, a frog, and even a fly, but you cannot frighten or surprise a sloth.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1928, E. A. Wallis Budge, transl., The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church[:] A translation of the Ethiopic Synaxarium […], volume 1, London: Cambridge University Press, page 220",
"text": "And he commanded his soldiers […] to frighten them with fierce swords, but the hearts of the holy men did not quail, and they were unable to alter their words.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright."
],
"id": "en-frighten-en-verb-ry3zn~UU",
"links": [
[
"fear",
"fear"
],
[
"scare",
"scare"
],
[
"alarm",
"alarm"
],
[
"fright",
"fright"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵaššā",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "خَشَّى"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔafzaʕa",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "أَفْزَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵleʕ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "خلع"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vaxecʻnel",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "վախեցնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "qorxutmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "qorxuzmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "qorxuya salmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "palóxacʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пало́хаць"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spalóxacʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спало́хаць"
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"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "strašýcʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "страшы́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zastrašýcʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "застрашы́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pláša",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пла́ша"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izplášvam",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изпла́швам"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpláša",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изпла́ша"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkrauk",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ခြောက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "espantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "espaventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "esporuguir"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "esgarrifar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "嚇唬"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàhu",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "吓唬"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "嚇"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xià",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "吓"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vystrašit"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "skræmme"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "bang maken"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "beangstigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "timigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "pelottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "säikähdyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "säikyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "effrayer"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "redouter"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "terrifier"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "spaurî"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "espantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "atemorizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šešineba",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "შეშინება"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "Angst machen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "erschrecken"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "schrecken"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "beängstigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ängstigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ōgjan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tromázo",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "τρομάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ekphobéō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ἐκφοβέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phobéō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "φοβέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phoberízō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "φοβερίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ptḗssō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "πτήσσω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "pölässyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "aroittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "cuir eagla ar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "scanraigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "spaurire"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "spaventare"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"alt": "こわがらせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kowagaraseru",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "怖がらせる"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geommeokge mandeulda",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "겁먹게 만들다"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "tirsandin"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "terreō"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "baidīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "biedēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "biedināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plaši",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плаши"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaplaši",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заплаши"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "isplaši",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "исплаши"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "menakutkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "tetzauhqui"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "grēosan"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "sodaachiisuu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "werawël",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "وېرول"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarsândan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ترساندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ai̯zăsål"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "straszyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przestraszyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nastraszyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "intimidar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "amedrontar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ameaçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "speria"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "înspăimânta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pugátʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пуга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispugátʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "испуга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napugátʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "напуга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strašítʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "страши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustrašítʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "устраши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стра̏шити"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "прѐстрашити"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "за̀страшити"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "strȁšiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "prèstrašiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "zàstrašiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vystrašiť"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "strašiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prestrašiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 23",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "tšachaś"
},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pláša",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пла́ша"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izplášvam",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изпла́швам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpláša",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изпла́ша"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkrauk",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ခြောက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "espantar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "espaventar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "esporuguir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "esgarrifar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "嚇唬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàhu",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "吓唬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "嚇"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xià",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "吓"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vystrašit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "skræmme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "bang maken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "beangstigen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "timigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "pelottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "säikähdyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "säikyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "effrayer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "redouter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "terrifier"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "spaurî"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "espantar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "atemorizar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šešineba",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "შეშინება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "Angst machen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "erschrecken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "schrecken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "beängstigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ängstigen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ōgjan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tromázo",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "τρομάζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ekphobéō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ἐκφοβέω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phobéō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "φοβέω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phoberízō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "φοβερίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ptḗssō",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "πτήσσω"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "pölässyttää"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "aroittaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "cuir eagla ar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "scanraigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "spaurire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "spaventare"
},
{
"alt": "こわがらせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kowagaraseru",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "怖がらせる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geommeokge mandeulda",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "겁먹게 만들다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "tirsandin"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "terreō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "baidīt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "biedēt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "biedināt"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plaši",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плаши"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaplaši",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заплаши"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "isplaši",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "исплаши"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "menakutkan"
},
{
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "tetzauhqui"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "grēosan"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "sodaachiisuu"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "werawël",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "وېرول"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarsândan",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ترساندن"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ai̯zăsål"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "straszyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przestraszyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nastraszyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "intimidar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "amedrontar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "ameaçar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "speria"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "înspăimânta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pugátʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пуга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispugátʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "испуга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napugátʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "напуга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strašítʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "страши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustrašítʹ",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "устраши́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стра̏шити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "прѐстрашити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "за̀страшити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "strȁšiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "prèstrašiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "zàstrašiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vystrašiť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "strašiti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prestrašiti"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "tšachaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "atemorizar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "-ogofya"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "-ogofisha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "skrämma"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bhayapaḍu",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "భయపడు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "korkutmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljakáty",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ляка́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zljakáty",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зляка́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "straxáty",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "страха́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strašýty",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "страши́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zastrašýty",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "застраши́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "làm hoảng sợ"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "sbarer"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "fé sogne"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "dychryn"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to disturb with fear",
"word": "tersanen"
}
],
"word": "frighten"
}
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"second-person",
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"second-person",
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"present",
"singular"
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{
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "frighten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "frighte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "frighteden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "frightede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"past",
"plural"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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"pos": "verb",
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"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
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"glosses": [
"To frighten, scare"
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"links": [
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"frighten",
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"scare"
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]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfrixtən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfriçtən]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "friȝten"
},
{
"word": "fyrten"
}
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}
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