FRIGHTENED


Meaning of FRIGHTENED in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound

▪ become , get

I got ~ when he lost his temper.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ badly , genuinely , terribly

▪ almost

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ suddenly

PREPOSITION

▪ about

I was nervous and ~ about the future.

▪ by

Most of us are ~ by our emotions.

▪ of

I'm rather ~ of dogs.

PHRASES

▪ ~ out of your wits , ~ to death ( both informal )

She was ~ to death when she saw her small daughter on the edge of the cliff.

▪ too ~ (of sb/sth) to do sth

My friend is too ~ of my father to come to our house.

Frightened is used with these nouns: ↑ face , ↑ horse , ↑ squeak , ↑ whimper

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .