"frighten" meaning in English

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  "hyphenation": "frigh‧ten",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "You are shouting at me and frightening your daughters."
        },
        {
          "text": "It made so much noise that it frightened away the animals."
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        "If you frighten somebody, you make them feel afraid."
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        {
          "text": "You are shouting at me and frightening your daughters."
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