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Verb: frighten  frI-t(u)n
  1. Cause fear in
    "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me";
    - fright [archaic], scare, affright

Derived forms: frightened, frightening, frightens

Type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

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