Definition of frightened

"frightened" in the verb sense

1. frighten, fright, scare, affright

cause fear in

"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

"Ghosts could never affright her"

"frightened" in the adjective sense

1. frightened, scared

made afraid

"the frightened child cowered in the corner"

"too shocked and scared to move"

2. panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened

thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

"became panicky as the snow deepened"

"felt panicked before each exam"

"trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"

"the terrified horse bolted"

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Quotations for frightened

Lions are not frightened by cats. [ Proverb ]

I am almost frightened out of my seven senses. [ Cervantes ]

The drowsy frightened steeds that draw the litter of close-curtained sleep. [ Milton ]

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. [ Richter ]

Love is frightened at the intervals of insensibility and callousness that encroach by little and little Oxt the domain of grief, and it makes efforts to recall the keenness of the first anguish. [ George Eliot ]

It is to be hoped that, with all the modern improvements, a mode will be discovered of getting rid of bores: for it is too bad that a poor wretch can be punished for stealing your pocket handkerchief or gloves, and that no punishment can be inflicted on those who steal your time, and with it your temper and patience, as well as the bright thoughts that might have entered into your mind (like the Irishman who lost the fortune before he had got it), but were frightened away by the bore. [ Byron ]

frightened in Scrabble®

The word frightened is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters frightened:

FRIGHTENED
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (24 words)

definer, diether, eighter, feeding, feigned, feigner, fighter, freeing, freight, fringed, heeding, heftier, hefting, herding, integer, neighed, neither, reefing, refined, rehinge, reigned, righted, therein, treeing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word frightened

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In frightened

FRIGHTENED
(180)
FRIGHTENED
(171)
FRIGHTENED
(120)
FRIGHTENED
(114)
FREIGHT
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RIGHTED
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NEIGHED
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FREIGHT
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FRINGED
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FRINGED
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HEFTING
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REFINED
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REHINGE
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FREEING
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FREIGHT
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REFINED
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REHINGE
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frightened in Words With Friends™

The word frightened is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters frightened:

FRIGHTENED
(243)
FRIGHTENED
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (24 words)

definer, diether, eighter, feeding, feigned, feigner, fighter, freeing, freight, fringed, heeding, heftier, hefting, herding, integer, neighed, neither, reefing, refined, rehinge, reigned, righted, therein, treeing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word frightened

FRIGHTENED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In frightened

FRIGHTENED
(243)
FRIGHTENED
(243)
FRIGHTENED
(150)
FRIGHTENED
(126)
HEFTING
(122 = 87 + 35)
FIGHTER
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HEFTIER
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REEFING
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FEIGNED
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Words within the letters of frightened

2 letter words in frightened (10 words)

8 letter words in frightened (6 words)

9 letter words in frightened (1 word)

10 letter words in frightened (1 word)

frightened + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence frightened

Words that start with frightened (2 words)

Words with frightened in them (1 word)

Words that end with frightened (3 words)

Word Growth involving frightened

Shorter words in frightened

rig right fright frighten

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Longer words containing frightened

affrightened

frightenedly

unfrightened