nnoun.feelingan emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)Attributes:afraid fearless unafraid
Synset:fear fearfulness
Antonyms:fearlessness
Derivationally Related Form:frightfearfulfear
Hypernyms:emotion
Inherited Hypernyms:fearemotionfeelingstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:affrightalarmapprehensionapprehensivenesschillconsternationcreepsdismaydreadfrissonhorrorhysteriaintimidationpanicpanic attackquiverscareshivershudderstage frightterrorthrilltimiditytimidnesstimorousnesstingle
Part Meronyms:cold sweat
Full Hyponyms:alarmapprehensionchillcold feetcreepsdiffidenceforebodingfrissongloomhesitancehorrorhysteriaintimidationpanicpresagescareshadowshynessstage frightsuspenseswivettimiditytrepidationunassertiveness
vverb.emotioncause fear inSynset:affright frighten scare
Examples:- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
Derivationally Related Form:frightaffrightscarerfrighteningscare
Hypernyms:excite shake shake up stimulate stir
Inherited Hypernyms:frightenstimulatearousemake
Direct Hyponyms:alarmappalappallawebluffconsternatedismayhorrifyintimidatespookterrifyterroriseterrorize
Causes:dread fear
Full Troponyms:awebluffbuffaloconsternatedismayhold overintimidateoverawepanicshockspookstrong-armterrifytyrannize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The bad news will --- him (apply to: frighten, affright, fright, scare) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: scare)