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. Bob Harrison:

   For the past 26 years there have been times when Bob and I have felt compassion for Roderick Nunley, Taylor and their families only to remember how frightened Ann must have been, the total fear she felt when she was bound and unable to defend herself while listening to them discuss how they were going to kill her. The pain she felt when they stabbed her, not once, but at least 10 times. That is the true definition of unusual pain and suffering. The only closure that our family will have is knowing that justice for Ann has been attained and that we are finally through with the judicial system.

2. Lin Chie-ming:

   People were frightened by the scene, they were speculating about the purpose of the mainland boats and whether they would pose a security threat to the Matsu region.

3. Ronna Bronstein:

   I don't want him to be frightened to go back to school tomorrow.

4. Essence Securities analyst Jiang Ming:

   STO Express was the first ... Now other companies are frightened and are accelerating their stock market listings.

5. Tom Daley:

   When I was Tom Daley, I felt like an outsider, and felt different, and I felt like I was never going to be anything, because who I was, wasn't what society wanted me to be, and to be able to see out LGBT people performing at the Olympic Games, I hope( that) can give young kids hope and not feel so frightened and scared and alone, and to be able to see that no matter who Tom Daley are, where Tom Daley come from, Tom Daley can become an Olympic Games champion, because I did.