fear, fearfulness, fright
(noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
frighten, fright, scare, affright
(verb) cause fear in; “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; “Ghosts could never affright her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fright (countable and uncountable, plural frights)
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
fright (third-person singular simple present frights, present participle frighting, simple past and past participle frighted)
(archaic, transitive) To frighten.
fright (comparative more fright, superlative most fright)
(rare) frightened; afraid; affright
Source: Wiktionary
Fright, n. Etym: [OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid.]
1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– Alarm; terror; consternation. See Alarm.
Fright, v. t. [imp. Frighted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frighting.] Etym: [OE. frigten to fear, frighten, AS. fyrhtan to frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to OS. forhtian, OHG. furihten, forahtan, G. fürchten, Sw. frukta, Dan. frygte, Goth. faurhtjan. See Fright, n., and cf. Frighten.]
Definition: To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.
Syn.
– To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
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