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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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..
Scarecrow :: Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger..
Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation..
Affrighted :: Affrighted (imp. & p. p.) of Affrigh.
Gallow :: Gallow (v. t.) To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t..
#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..
Fright :: Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
Fearsome :: Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.
Gally :: Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry.
Affear :: Affear (v. t.) To frighten.
Horrific :: Horrific (a.) Causing horror; frightful.
Pigeon-hearted :: Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
Frightfully :: Frightfully (adv.) In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
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..
Aghast :: Aghast (v. t.) To affright; to terrify.
Affrightment :: Affrightment (n.) Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
Fright :: Fright (n.) A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm..
Affrightedly :: Affrightedly (adv.) With fright.
Shy :: Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
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..
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