Synonyms for Frighten:

• n.

  •
  • abash,
  • appall,
  • awe,
  • badger,
  • chill,
  • demoralize,
  • deter,
  • discomfort,
  • dishearten,
  • dispirit,
  • disquiet,
  • faze,
  • perturb,
  • spook,
  • terrorize,
  • shake up.
  •
  • discourage,
  • repel,
  • stampede.
  •
  • bother,
  • distress,
  • fear,
  • scarify,
  • unsettle,
  • worry,
  • scare the daylights out of.
  •frighten (noun)
  • affright,
  • fright,
  • scare.

• v.

  •alarm (verb)
  • alert,
  • dismay,
  • shock,
  • signal,
  • startle,
  • surprise.
  •frighten (verb)
  • agitate,
  • alarm,
  • disturb,
  • harrow,
  • haunt,
  • horrify,
  • panic,
  • petrify,
  • rattle,
  • terrify,
  • unnerve,
  • set on edge.
  •shock, scare (verb)
  • affright,
  • agitate,
  • alarm,
  • appall,
  • astound,
  • awe,
  • browbeat,
  • bulldoze,
  • chill,
  • cow,
  • daunt,
  • demoralize,
  • deter,
  • discomfort,
  • disconcert,
  • discourage,
  • dishearten,
  • dismay,
  • disquiet,
  • faze,
  • horrify,
  • intimidate,
  • panic,
  • perturb,
  • petrify,
  • repel,
  • scare away,
  • scare off,
  • spook,
  • startle,
  • stiff,
  • terrify,
  • terrorize,
  • unhinge,
  • unnerve,
  • chill to the bone,
  • curdle the blood,
  • disburb,
  • make blood run cold,
  • make teeth chatter,
  • scare to death,
  • strike terror into.
  •threaten (verb)
  • admonish,
  • browbeat,
  • bulldoze,
  • bully,
  • forebode,
  • harass,
  • hint,
  • intimidate,
  • scare,
  • threaten,
  • torment,
  • warn,
  • Forewarn.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cow,
  • discourage,
  • niggle,
  • traumatize.
  •
  • paralyze,
  • spook,
  • terrorize,
  • shake up.
  •
  • jangle,
  • puzzle.
  •
  • chill,
  • freak,
  • shake.
  •
  • bother,
  • nag.
  •
  • trouble.
  •alarm
  • panic,
  • give a turn,
  • make jump,
  • scare silly,
  • scare stiff,
  • scare to death.
  •amaze
  • awe.
  •dismay
  • consternate,
  • take aback.
  •dispirit
  • demoralize.
  •endanger
  • threaten.
  •haunt
  • harrow.
  •terrorize
  • strike terror into.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abash,
  • affray,
  • affright,
  • afraid,
  • aghast,
  • agog,
  • alarmed,
  • alarming,
  • alarmingly,
  • amaze,
  • anxious,
  • appal,
  • appall,
  • appalled,
  • appallingly,
  • arouse,
  • astonish,
  • astonished,
  • astound,
  • atrociously,
  • awe,
  • awful,
  • awfully,
  • awing,
  • badger,
  • benumb,
  • bewildered,
  • bother,
  • bowl over,
  • chill,
  • confound,
  • confuse,
  • consternate,
  • consternation,
  • cookery,
  • cooking,
  • cow,
  • cuisine,
  • danger,
  • dash,
  • daunt,
  • daunting,
  • daze,
  • demoralize,
  • depress,
  • deter,
  • devastating,
  • discombobulate,
  • discomfit,
  • discomfort,
  • discompose,
  • disconcert,
  • discourage,
  • disgust,
  • dishearten,
  • dispirit,
  • disquiet,
  • distress,
  • disturbingly,
  • dominate,
  • domineer,
  • dread,
  • dreadfully,
  • dumbfound,
  • electrify,
  • endanger,
  • excite,
  • fall apart,
  • faze,
  • fear,
  • fearful,
  • fearfully,
  • fearsomely,
  • flabbergast,
  • flurry,
  • fluster,
  • food,
  • formidable,
  • fray,
  • freak,
  • fright,
  • frighten away,
  • frighten off,
  • frighteningly,
  • frightful,
  • frightfully,
  • funk,
  • galvanize,
  • get to,
  • go to pieces,
  • gruesomely,
  • hassle,
  • hazard,
  • hector,
  • hideously,
  • horrible,
  • horribly,
  • horridly,
  • horrifyingly,
  • horripilate,
  • horror,
  • impend,
  • imperil,
  • insurmountable,
  • intimidating,
  • irresistible,
  • jangle,
  • jar,
  • jolt,
  • kitchen,
  • lean,
  • majestically,
  • meanly,
  • menace,
  • mix,
  • nag,
  • nastily,
  • nauseate,
  • niggle,
  • numb,
  • ominously,
  • outrage,
  • outrageously,
  • overawe,
  • overwhelm,
  • overwhelming,
  • pall,
  • paralyse,
  • paralyze,
  • perplex,
  • perturb,
  • pressure,
  • pressurize,
  • put out,
  • puzzle,
  • repel,
  • revolt,
  • risk,
  • rout,
  • ruffle,
  • rush,
  • scar,
  • scare away,
  • scare off,
  • scared,
  • scarify,
  • scary,
  • scatter,
  • scourge,
  • shake,
  • shaky,
  • shocked,
  • shockingly,
  • shy,
  • sicken,
  • speechless,
  • spook,
  • stagger,
  • stampede,
  • startlingly,
  • stiff,
  • stir,
  • stun,
  • stunningly,
  • stupefy,
  • surprised,
  • take aback,
  • terrifically,
  • terrified,
  • terrifying,
  • terror,
  • terrorize,
  • threat,
  • throw,
  • timid,
  • timidly,
  • timorously,
  • traumatize,
  • tremulous,
  • trepidation,
  • trouble,
  • tyrannize,
  • uneasy,
  • unhinge,
  • unman,
  • unsettle,
  • unstring,
  • upset,
  • vilely,
  • wind,
  • worry,
  • Direly,
  • Dumfound,
  • Feeze,
  • shake up,
  • horrendously,
  • awesomely,
  • terrifyingly,
  • horrifically,
  • keep after,
  • move off,
  • molest,
  • cry havoc,
  • cry wolf,
  • sound the alarm,
  • scare the daylights out of,
  • be afraid,
  • be frightened,
  • be startled,
  • be terror-stricken,
  • bowl down,
  • chill to the bone,
  • curdle the blood,
  • disburb,
  • give a turn,
  • make blood run cold,
  • make jump,
  • make nervous,
  • make one's blood run cold,
  • make teeth chatter,
  • scare silly,
  • scare stiff,
  • scare to death,
  • strike terror into,
  • make one's hair stand on end,
  • be fearful,
  • curl hair.

Antonyms for Frighten:

• v.

  • shock, scare
    assure, comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, soothe.
  • Other antonyms:
    assure, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire, reassure, solace, soothe, steel.