Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frighten the horses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
fright-en the hors-es
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause alarm or offence.

Inflected Forms

frightens the horses (present, singular) frightening the horses (participle, present) frightened the horses (participle, past) frightened the horses (past)

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What does frighten the horses mean?
To cause alarm or offence.

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