🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

놀라게 하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nollage hada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Frighten/ˈfraɪ.tən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"갑작스러운 소리가 아이들을 놀라게 했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause someone to feel fear or anxiety.

    "The sudden noise frightened the children."
  2. 2

    To make someone afraid or scared.

    "The horror movie frightened her so much that she couldn't sleep."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'frighten' originates from the Middle English 'frighten', which is derived from the Old English 'fyrhtian', meaning 'to frighten'. The root can be traced back to Proto-Germanic *fruhtwō, which relates to fear and has evolved in meaning over centuries to encompass causing fear or alarm.

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