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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frighten \Fright"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, verb (used with an object)] To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
frighten
verb
1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" [syn: {fright}, {scare}, {affright}]
2: drive out by frightening
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "frighten": affright, agitate, alarm, alert, appall, arouse, astound, awe, bowl down, bowl over, browbeat, bulldoze, cow, cry havoc, cry wolf, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distress, electrify, faze, fly storm warnings, fright, funk, horrify, horripilate, intimidate, jar, jolt, make one tremble, panic, perturb, petrify, raise apprehensions, scare, scare stiff, shake, shock, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin, spook, stagger, startle, stun, take aback, terrify, terrorize, unman, unnerve, unstring, upset, warn
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