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fright::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | affright, frighten, scare |
| Type of | shake, excite, shake up, stimulate, stir |
| Has types | horrify, intimidate, appall, appal, spook, alarm, awe, terrify, terrorise, dismay, consternate, terrorize, bluff |
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me.
Ghosts could never affright her.
fright::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fear, fearfulness |
| Type of | emotion |
| Has types | chill, consternation, creeps, dismay, dread, frisson, affright, hysteria, intimidation, panic, panic attack, quiver, scare, shiver, shudder, stage fright, terror, thrill, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tingle, horror, alarm, apprehension, apprehensiveness |
Examples of fright
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Dunbier explains that some artists actually suffered from a bit of stage fright.
From the usatoday.com
Those guys in their gear and shields and masks and batons even give me a fright.
From the post-gazette.com
School secretary Jeaniel Sauer says that gave the teacher and students a fright.
From the sltrib.com
In fact, the nurses commented how full of fright my eyes looked on my bold head.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
My mood raced between excitement and fright each time I started my own business.
From the heraldtribune.com
Their mood now, as a result, is a mixture of fright, frustration and resentment.
From the time.com
In addition to acting, Nurmi presided over late-night fright fests on television.
From the upi.com
Dear Father, that evening, when you didn't answer the phone, I got such a fright.
From the guardian.co.uk
Last year he had told me of the stage fright that had latterly overwhelmed him.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Fear: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- Frighten: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
- Fright, real name Dr. Linda Friitawa, is a fictional character in the DC universe. She first appeared in Batman #627 (April 2004)
- Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen and Honor Blackman.
- 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; to frighten
- Fright is paralyzing fear which causes paleness, trembling and chattering of teeth.
- The deer gazed at us in affright
- Susto; miedo; espanto
