The bird was frightened away by the noise. Are you frightened by swarms of bees? (One swarm can ruin your whole Saturday night!) A spooky carnival ride is one place where people enjoy being frightened.
The comparative form of "frightened" is "more frightened," and the superlative form is "most frightened." So, if you're feeling a little scared, you're just frightened. But if you're really shaking in your boots, you're the most frightened person in the room. Just try not to wet your pants, honey!
Use it in a big sentence.
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I was so frightened in the haunted house, it really scared me.
The lion that looked like a beast frightened me.
It is a sentence.
She shall be frightened out of her wits by your harum-scarum ways.
The man was frightened to see that his son had killed himself!
She had never been so frightened before.Mummy, James frightened me again.
The vulture frightened the fox away from the dead deer, preserving the meal for herself.
Frightened is only capitalised if it begins a sentence, or is part of a title.
He was frightened badly. So I talked him down.
The frightened dog cowered in the corner as it's owner yelled at it for chewing the carpet.
The verb in this sentence is "peered." It describes the action of the scary face looking out from the window.
Macabre movies make me frightened.