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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Affrighten :: Affrighten (v. t.) To frighten.
Skittish :: Skittish (v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt..
Panic :: Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Affear :: Affear (v. t.) To frighten.
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..
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Unappalled :: Unappalled (a.) Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted.
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..
Shriek :: Shriek (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish..
Shy :: Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
Terror :: Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Affrightedly :: Affrightedly (adv.) With fright.
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) Alarm; terror; fright.
Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside..
Bugbear :: Bugbear (n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc..
Frightened :: Frightened (imp.) of Frighte.
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Gruesome :: Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
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