Definition of fright

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Fright (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion..

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Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright..
Scary :: Scary (a.) Causing fright; alarming.
Hobgoblin :: Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow..
Skittish :: Skittish (v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt..
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened..
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.
Horrendous :: Horrendous (a.) Fearful; frightful.
Affright :: Affright (n.) Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror..
Gast :: Gast (v. t.) To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.
Ghast :: Ghast (a.) To strike aghast; to affright.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To fill with fear; to affright.
Effray :: Effray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare.
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
#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..
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..
Affright :: Affright (v. t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Panic :: Panic (a.) Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm..
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