Fright
[fraɪt]
Definition
(n.) A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
(n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
(n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Poetical.] Frighten.
n. Alarm, affright, terror, dismay, consternation, panic, sudden fear.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ALARM]
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- I'm quick to take this fright, I know, and my head is summ'at light with wearying and watching. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But I regret to state that the fright I had given him proved too much for his best attempts at concealment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Fanny looked very angry too, and her husband was all in a fright at his sister's audacity. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I was in a great fright lest I should lose my supper. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But, sir, when I quivered my eyes again, and saw that it wasn't there, then it all flooded upon me with a fright, and I jumped up. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- One of them came up almost to my face, whereupon I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- As far as I can see, the man has been driven out of his senses by fright. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The fright and horror which I experienced awoke me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- By degrees I was brought into another room, whence I peeped into the street, but drew my head back in a fright. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Was there ever such a fright as he is! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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