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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
24 September 2024
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.