frighten

suomi-englanti sanakirja

frighten englannista suomeksi

  1. pelotella, säikyttää

  2. pelästyttää, pelottaa

  1. Verbi

  2. pelottaa, säikähdyttää, säikyttää

frighten englanniksi

  1. To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

  2. (ux)

  3. (quote-book)|passage=His Deſign was only to frighten ''France'', and get more Money.|year=1746|author=Isaac Kimber|page=217|pageurl=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_History_of_England/affo99sEwSUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA217|chapter=Henry VII

  4. (quote-book)

  5. (quote-book)|passage=And he commanded his soldiers (..) to frighten them with fierce swords, but the hearts of the holy men did not quail, and they were unable to alter their words.|year=1928|page=220|translator=E. A. Wallis Budge|pageurl=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Book_of_the_Saints_of_the_Ethiopian/-0PZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA220|volume=1|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=London

  6. To become scared or alarmed.

  7. (quote-book)|passage=Those male moose at the southeast arm didn't frighten very much when we docked to fly-fish one day. One was so scared of us he just walked toward us and snorted.|year=1959|author=Harold G. (Hack) Miller|page=101|pageurl=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Hearings/Bh7Cdr_S-UYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA101|chapter=Rod and gun|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|location=Washington

  8. (quote-journal)

  9. To (l), scare