Definition of fright

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Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.

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Shy :: Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
Affrighting :: Affrighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affrigh.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened..
Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside..
Lowbell :: Lowbell (v. t.) To frighten, as with a lowbell..
Affrighten :: Affrighten (v. t.) To frighten.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Affected with fear; affrighted.
Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Hyperborean :: Hyperborean (a.) Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere..
Frightfulness :: Frightfulness (n.) The quality of being frightful.
Scream :: Scream (v. i.) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech..
Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.
Frightless :: Frightless (a.) Free from fright; fearless.
Ghast :: Ghast (a.) To strike aghast; to affright.
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..
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking..
Affrightment :: Affrightment (n.) Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..
Poker :: Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear..
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