Definition of fright

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

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Squall :: Squall (v. i.) To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled..
Hobgoblin :: Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow..
Stampede :: Stampede (v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic..
Hare-hearted :: Hare-hearted (a.) Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
Dismay :: Dismay (v. i.) To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
Fright :: Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
Rawhead :: Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones..
Horrific :: Horrific (a.) Causing horror; frightful.
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Timorsome :: Timorsome (a.) Easily frightened; timorous.
Frightened :: Frightened (imp.) of Frighte.
Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside..
Into :: Into (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits
Eery :: Eery (a.) Affected with fear; affrighted.
#NAME? :: -en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an..
Fearsome :: Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.
Stamper :: Stampede (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals..
Affear :: Affear (v. t.) To frighten.
Bogle :: Bogle (n.) A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
Self-affrighted :: Self-affrighted (a.) Frightened at or by one's self.
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