- frighten, fright, scare, affright - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
--1 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun frightening1
The bad news will frighten him
- frighten - drive out by frightening
--2 is one way to chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody