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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fright /fraɪt/USA pronunciation n. - sudden fear: [uncountable]a feeling of fright.[countable* usually singular]You gave me quite a fright.
- something shocking, grotesque, or ridiculous in appearance:[countable]My hair is a fright.
fright is a noun, frightful, frightening are adjectives, frighten is a verb:You gave me quite a fright! It was a frightful sight. It was a frightening movie. You frightened me. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fright (frīt),USA pronunciation n. - sudden and extreme fear;
a sudden terror. - a person or thing of shocking, grotesque, or ridiculous appearance.
v.t. - to frighten.
- bef 900; Middle English; Old English frytu, fyrhto; akin to German Furcht
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dismay, consternation, alarm. See terror.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fright /fraɪt/ n - sudden intense fear or alarm
- a sudden alarming shock
- informal a horrifying, grotesque, or ludicrous person or thing: she looks a fright in that hat
- take fright ⇒ to become frightened
vb - a poetic word for frighten
Etymology: Old English fryhto; related to Gothic faurhtei, Old Frisian fruchte, Old High German forhta |