frightmentn.
/ˈfrʌɪtmənt/ rare.
(a) The state of being in a fright. (b) Something that causes fright.
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the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of
frightiheada1325
fearedness1340
effraying1489
fearfulnessa1513
frayedness1530
frightment1607
frightfulness1621
dauntedness1660
afraidness1669
funkiness1859
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [noun] > one who or that which inspires fear
eyeeOE
awea1325
dreadc1400
hideousc1420
scare1530
fear1535
fray-buga1555
dismayer1591
frightment1607
frighter?1611
affrighter1612
frightful1727
scarer1741
scare-sinner1765
scare-christian1772
scare-beggar1806
redoubtable1808
scare sleep1817
frightener1841
scare-bear1843
scare-bullfinch1849
scare-goose1887
ogreism1902
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iv. sig. G All these frightments are but idle dreames.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. ii. 62 Bellerophon came on for all the turbulency and furious frightments of his horse.
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 199 Sighs, Plaints, Horrours, Frightments,..Invest these Mountaines.
1831 J. Wilson Unimore vi. 259 Remorse there sends her frightments, Conscience hers.
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