Synonyms for frightened
fright·ened

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. frightened

   Synonyms:
   afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous

   Antonyms:
   adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. frightened, scaredadjective

   made afraid

   "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"

   Synonyms:
   panicked, panic-stricken, panicky, panic-struck, scared, terrified

   Antonyms:
   fearless, unafraid(p)

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

   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"

   Synonyms:
   panic-stricken, panicky, panic-struck, panicked, scared, terrified

   Antonyms:
   fearless, unafraid(p)

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1. List of paraphrases for "frightened":

   scared, afraid, fear, terrified, scary, worried, startled, bang, spooked

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1. Robert Abrams:

   You've got a group of people with dementia who don't really grasp the nature and purpose of their surroundings, or the circumstances that compelled them to be there, consequently they're alone and at sea, and feel frightened and even abandoned by family.

2. Robert Smith Surtees:

   'Humph' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over a poodle in the drawing-room, and squirted a bottle of porter right into a lady's face. 'Who's goin' besides ourselves' asked Romford, wishing to know the worst at once. 'Better be killed than frightened to death,' thought he.

3. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

4. Michel Foucault:

   The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on the confines of a docile, frightened order.

5. Dan Bishop:

   The people that I talk to are afraid. They are frightened of what the administration of justice has become, we've got to send people to Washington to understand how much of a crisis there is and who are willing to take the steps necessary to invoke Congress's full power to bring these administrative agencies in line and to change the way the bureaucracy is built and maintained.