: feeling fear : made to feel afraid
a badly frightened child
The farmer was hurrying out into the road, and his wife was standing at the gate, looking very frightened.—
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I am frightened of the dark
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Nearly a week later, Scott and Kodi Allred, a couple traveling to visit their son at the University of Northern Colorado, saw the frightened black dachshund darting along the same stretch of road near Elk Mountain.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Sometimes, a frightened reaction is inexplicable.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
The Japanese had cyclotrons but no nuclear lobby driven by frightened, concerned, or ambitious scientists.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
That included an incident in a press box at Yankee Stadium in 2013, when a frightened and fractured Kay had to be brought back to a team hotel, or an incident at the offices at Angel Stadium on Easter Day in 2019 when a sweating and erratic Kay was taken home and then hospitalized.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Sometimes, a frightened reaction is inexplicable.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
The Japanese had cyclotrons but no nuclear lobby driven by frightened, concerned, or ambitious scientists.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
That included an incident in a press box at Yankee Stadium in 2013, when a frightened and fractured Kay had to be brought back to a team hotel, or an incident at the offices at Angel Stadium on Easter Day in 2019 when a sweating and erratic Kay was taken home and then hospitalized.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Frightened.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frightened. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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