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1. (n.) fright
sudden and extreme fear:
He took fright and ran.
2. fright
a person or thing of shocking, grotesque, or ridiculous appearance.
3. (v.t.) fright
to frighten.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE fryhto, fyrhto, c. Go faurhtei; akin to OE forht afraid; c. OHG for(a)ht)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) fear, fearfulness, fright
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
2. (verb) frighten, fright, scare, affright
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
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1. (noun) fright
a feeling of fear
The children were crying with fright.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) fright
a state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm
2. (noun) fright
anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion
3. (noun) fright
to alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare
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Sense: a sudden fear
the noise gave me a terrible fright.
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 Afrikaans: skrik |
 Arabic: رُعْب، ذُعـْر |
 Bulgarian: страх |
 Brazilian: susto |
 Czech: úlek, zděšení |
 German: der Schrecken |
 Danish: skræk; angst; frygt |
 Greek: τρόμος, τρομάρα |
 Spanish: susto |
 Estonian: ehmatus |
 Farsi: وحشت |
 Finnish: pelko |
 French: peur |
 Hebrew: בֶּהָלָה |
 Hindi: भय |
 Croatian: strah |
 Hungarian: rémület |
 Indonesian: ketakutan |
 Icelandic: ótti, skelkur |
 Italian: spavento |
 Japanese: 恐怖 |
 Korean: 공포 |
 Lithuanian: baimė, išgąstis |
 Latvian: bailes; izbailes |
 Malay: ketakutan |
 Dutch: schrik |
 Norwegian: skrekk, frykt |
 Polish: strach |
 Persian: وحشت |
 Pashto: ناڅاپى بېره، خطر |
 Portuguese: susto |
 Romanian: spaimă |
 Russian: испуг |
 Slovak: strach, zdesenie |
 Slovenian: preplah |
 Serbian: strah |
 Swedish: skräck, förskräckelse |
 Thai: ความหวาดกลัวขึ้นมาอย่างกร |
 Turkish: anî korku |
 Taiwanese: 驚嚇 |
 Ukrainian: переляк |
 Urdu: دہشت |
 Vietnamese: sự hoảng sợ |
 Chinese: 惊吓 |
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