fright

  • 11fright — I noun affright, agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, consternation, cowardice, dismay, disquietude, dread, extreme fear, fear, fear of danger, horror, intimidation, misgiving, panic, pavor, phobia, scare, sudden terror, terror, trepidation… …

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  • 12fright — (n.) O.E. (Northumbrian) fryhto, metathesis of fyrhtu fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight, from P.Gmc. *furkhtaz afraid (Cf. O.S. forhta, O.Fris. fruchte, O.H.G. forhta, Ger. Furcht, Goth. faurhtei fear ). Not etymologically related to the… …

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  • 13fright — [frīt] n. [ME < OE fyrhto, fryhto, fear, akin to Ger furcht, fear, Goth faúrhts < IE base * perg , fear, to be afraid] 1. sudden fear or terror; alarm 2. an ugly, ridiculous, startling, or unusual person or thing vt. [ME frighten < OE… …

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  • 14fright|ed — «FRY tihd», adjective. frightened; terrified …

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  • 15fright — noun 1 fear ADJECTIVE ▪ stage VERB + FRIGHT ▪ take ▪ be shaking with, be trembling with ▪ die of (informal) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16fright — af·fright·en; af·fright·ful; af·fright·ment; fright; fright·en; fright·en·able; fright·ened·ly; fright·ful; fright·ful·ly; fright·ful·ness; af·fright·ed·ly; af·fright·ful·ly; fright·en·ing·ly; un·af·fright·ed·ly; …

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  • 17fright — n. 1) to give smb. a fright 2) a nasty; sudden fright 3) stage fright 4) in, with fright (to scream with fright) * * * [fraɪt] sudden fright with fright (to scream with fright) with fright (to scream with fright) a nasty …

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  • 18fright — [[t]fra͟ɪt[/t]] frights 1) N UNCOUNT Fright is a sudden feeling of fear, especially the fear that you feel when something unpleasant surprises you. The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with fright... The… …

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  • 19fright — noun 1 (singular) the feeling you have when something frightens you : give sb a fright (=do something that makes someone feel afraid): You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! | get/have a fright: I got an awful fright when your dog …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20fright — UK [fraɪt] / US noun Word forms fright : singular fright plural frights 1) a) [countable] an experience that makes you feel suddenly afraid I got such a fright when Joe burst through the door. Sorry, I didn t mean to give you a fright. b)… …

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