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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Pigeon-hearted :: Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
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..
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Poker :: Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear..
Awful :: Awful (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster..
Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Affear :: Affear (v. t.) To frighten.
Lymphated :: Lymphated (a.) Frightened into madness; raving.
Eery :: Eery (a.) Affected with fear; affrighted.
Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..
Stamper :: Stampede (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals..
Effray :: Effray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare.
Affright :: Affright (n.) Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror..
Affrighted :: Affrighted (imp. & p. p.) of Affrigh.
Rawhead :: Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones..
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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