Definitions for fright
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fear, fearfulness, frightverb

   an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

2. frighten, fright, scare, affrightverb

   cause fear in

   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frightnoun

   A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

2. frightnoun

   Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.

3. frightverb

   to frighten

4. Etymology: From fright, furht, from fryhtu, fyrhto, from furhtīn, from perg-. Cognate with fricht, fruchte,. Also related to frucht, Furcht, frygt, fruktan. frikë and frǐca are also cognates, although probably influenced by an early Germanic variant.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frightnoun

   A sudden terrour.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   You, if your goodness does not plead my cause,
   May think I broke all hospitable laws,
   To bear you from your palace-yard by might,
   And put your noble person in a fright. Dryden.

2. To FRIGHTverb

   To terrify; to disturb with fear; to shock with fear; to daunt.

   Etymology: frightan, Saxon.

   The herds
   Were strongly clam’rous in the frighted fields. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

   Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit,
   With innocence guarded,
   With virtue rewarded,
   I make of my sufferings a merit. John Dryden, Albion.

   The mind frights itself with any thing reflected on in gross, and at a distance: things thus offered to the mind, carry the shew of nothing but difficulty. John Locke.

   Whence glaring oft with many a broaden’d orb,
   He frights the nations. James Thomson, Autumn.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fright

   Fright is a sudden and intense feeling of fear or alarm that typically arises from the perception of danger or unexpected situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frightnoun

   a state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm

2. Frightnoun

   anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion

3. Frightnoun

   to alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fright

   Fright, real name Dr. Linda Friitawa, is a fictional character in the DC universe. She first appeared in Batman #627

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fright

   frīt, n. sudden fear: terror: anything inspiring terror or alarm, a figure of grotesque or ridiculous appearance.—vs.t. Fright, Fright′en, to make afraid: to alarm.—adjs. Fright′able, Fright′enable, timid; Fright′ful, terrible: shocking.—adv. Fright′fully.—n. Fright′fulness.—adj. Fright′some, frightful: feeling fright. [A.S. fyrhto; cf. Ger. furcht, fear.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fright in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fright in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fright in a Sentence

1. Stevie Nicks:

   If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

2. Daithi Stone:

   We’re not used to heat waves … over here, it’s a novel concept. And I think we may get a fright sometime in the not too distant future.

3. Cathrine Ertmann:

   But in all of this I also saw a peace and beauty, sometimes the scare is in the brief look at something. Like when you watch a horror movie, you only see a glimpse of the ghost, murderer or monster and your imagination works all the fright up for you. I think I felt I need to see everything to make it 'normal' and undramatic. And I think it works the same way with our relation to death in general.

4. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco:

   While hes driving at his victim, he could see the look of fright on the victims face, this man is absolutely evil.

5. Andrea Pergola:

   Before they could get the IV in he began to shake as someone who was cold would do, partially from fright and partially from the venom moving through his body. logan did not pick it up; it was on a branch and he brushed his arm against it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fright
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fright
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fright
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fright
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fright
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fright