different between frighten vs milksop

English

Alternative forms

• freighten (obsolete)

Etymology

From fright +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?a?tn?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?n
• Hyphenation: frigh?ten

Verb

frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)

1. (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:frighten

Derived terms

• frightening

Translations

Anagrams

• fringeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fri?ten, fyrten

Etymology

From Old English fyrhtan; equivalent to fright +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frixt?n/, [?friçt?n]

Verb

frighten

1. To frighten, scare

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: (to) fright (archaic)

References

• “frighten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

English

Etymology

From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk +? sop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?lk?s?p/

Noun

milksop (plural milksops)

1. A piece of bread sopped in milk.
2. Bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar, & covered in hot milk.
3. (by extension, derogatory) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.

Synonyms

• (weak person): milquetoast, sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Derived terms

• milksoppery
• milksoppish
• milksoppy

Translations

See also

• winesop