as in afraid
filled with fear or dread
I am frightened of the dark
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as in scared
to strike with fear
around the campfire the campers tried to frighten one another with ghostly legends and grisly tales
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Recent Examples of frightened
Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
James Giordano, a neurobiology researcher at Georgetown University Medical Center, says getting frightened triggers a specific response in the human body.
—Jennifer Stavros, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Affected businesses can lose money or go bankrupt, because frightened customers choose to dine elsewhere.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Halloween attractions company America Haunts estimates that Americans spend upward of US$500 million annually on haunted house entrance fees simply for the privilege of being frightened.
—Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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As the far right gets more and more emboldened, these things are going to become more and more common, people are going to be more and more frightened.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
James Giordano, a neurobiology researcher at Georgetown University Medical Center, says getting frightened triggers a specific response in the human body.
—Jennifer Stavros, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Affected businesses can lose money or go bankrupt, because frightened customers choose to dine elsewhere.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Halloween attractions company America Haunts estimates that Americans spend upward of US$500 million annually on haunted house entrance fees simply for the privilege of being frightened.
—Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frightened
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Hit lists with images of bullets are circulating online with warnings that industry leaders should be afraid.Devna Bose and John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Alarmed, the complaint continues, the girls became afraid and pulled over near a Dollar General, just over a mile southeast of downtown Nashville.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The movie sees the revival of arch-villain Feathers McGraw, who terrified kids in 1993’s The Wrong Trousers.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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My Hugo would chase it and bark at it, or he'd be terrified.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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Once glued to their hiding spot, a scared cat may not come out when called by its owner.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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This post was originally published on December 20 Bitcoin has fallen sharply, dropping along with stock markets after the Federal Reserve warned inflation remained sticky and BlackRock spooked the market.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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But he’s also promised to shake up the country’s food and drug industries, promoting healthy lifestyles and disrupting corporate forces driving obesity, addiction and other illnesses — a platform that has broad political appeal but has spooked markets.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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From his second-floor office in the Scurry County Courthouse, Hicks told the Abilene Reporter-News, part of the USA TODAY Network, workers in the building became alarmed during a5.0 quake Friday, which hit at 9:28 a.m. local time.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
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Treasury aides who had once labored in obscurity took recommendations directly to Cabinet officials, who were simultaneously hearing from alarmed Fortune 500 CEOs and the heads of Wall Street banks.Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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And the art world is no different — some artists are using it to help generate work, and others are shocked by its capabilities.Lucy Handley, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Context The incident is the latest in series of high-profile crimes on New York subway trains that have shocked the city.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Insiders expect a short-term funding bill that kicks the spending battle to early next year, although Republican senators are fearful that chaos in the House could derail Trump’s agenda.Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nguyen said that in the wake of this nationwide trend, the Asian community is fearful but is coming together and taking extra precautions to be safe.Deena Zaru, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Frightened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frightened. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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