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frightened

f rahy tuhnd

  • v  cause fear in
  • v  drive out by frightening
  • s  made afraid
    the frightened child cowered in the corner
  • s  thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

  • Kids were so frightened by these films that they wet themselves in terror.
  • Pointing to the frightened child, the Indian woman begged Surgeon Geraldo Lozada to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of her.
  • Doctors have long believed that there is basis in fact for the old tag: so-and-so was "frightened to death.
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  • Barack Obama in msnbc.com
    This has been a disaster for this region, and people are understandably frightened and concerned about what the next few months and the next few years may hold,Obama said after a briefing with the Coast Guard's Allen and the governors of...
  • Lisa Nowak in Reuters
    I know this has also been very hard for Colleen Shipman and I would like her to know how very sorry I am for having frightened her in any way and about the subsequent public harassment that has followed all of us,Nowak told reporters outside...
  • Nicole Kidman in Forbes
    I was frightened and I was worried there was going to be an accident,Kidman said.

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