fright
IPA: frˈaɪt
noun
- A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
verb
- (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
adjective
- (rare) frightened; afraid; affright
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Examples of "fright" in Sentences
- The khanum is a frightful woman.
- At the wedding, he is just frightful.
- The cats run off the stage in fright.
- The explosion must have been frightful.
- That purple blouse at the wedding is just frightful.
- It also gives salutary fright to colleagues and students.
- It takes the shape of a frightful face with disembodied hands.
- This caused such a fright that the boy was killed by the clefts.
- Frightfulness is not a remedy known to the British Pharmacopoeia.
- The frightful nature of the violence lies in the facts themselves.