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# frightened

«frightened» in Mova's school dictionary: **afraid or scared** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (frightened, more frightened, most frightened); verb form (past of frighten)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Frightened means afraid or scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#m1)

2) Frightened is also the past form of «frighten», which means to make someone afraid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings and everyday life, everyone feels frightened sometimes — of the dark, of thunder, of dogs, of new places; it helps to talk to a trusted adult. In safety, feeling frightened can be a warning sign that something is wrong, and you should get away and tell someone. In nature, frightened animals may run or bite, so leave them alone. In stories a frightened character often finds courage.

### examples

- I was frightened of the dark when I was little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x1)
- The loud thunder frightened the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x2)
- Don't be frightened; it's only the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x3)
- The frightened kitten hid under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x4)
- She felt frightened when she got lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x5)
- A frightened animal might bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x6)
- He was frightened to tell anyone what had happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x7)
- Lasse was frightened and began to cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/#x8)

### note

Say «frightened of» something (frightened of spiders) or «frightened to» do something. Trap: «frightened» (how you feel) vs «frightening» (what makes you feel it): «The film was frightening; I was frightened.» Similar: scared, afraid, terrified (very frightened).

### In the corpora

- [If a grown-up's anger ever makes you frightened for your safety, tell another trusted adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/10/)
- [Videos of tickled pet lorises raising their arms are not cute: the loris is frightened and getting ready to bite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris/12/)
- [It usually means a happy cat, but cats also purr when they are hurt or frightened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/3/)
- [The frightened old horse rears and backs, and drags the cart into the deep ditch: crash!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/0/)
- [I've been so frightened, you can't think!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frightened» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frightened/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.