frightened
adj/ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/ · /ˈfɹaɪʔn̩d/
1
Afraid; suffering from fear.
- She looked very much frightened of the storm.
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- frightenedly, frightenedness, frightened rabbit, unfrightened