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fright

  [frahyt]
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–noun
1. sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
2. a person or thing of shocking, grotesque, or ridiculous appearance.
–verb (used with object)
3. to frighten.
Origin:
bef 900; ME; OE frytu, fyrhto; akin to G Furcht

Synonyms:
1. dismay, consternation, alarm. See terror.
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fright   (frīt)   
n.  

  1. Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening; alarm. See Synonyms at fear.

  2. Informal Something extremely unsightly, alarming, or strange: Brush your hair; you look a fright.

tr.v.   fright·ed, fright·ing, frights Archaic
To frighten.

[Middle English, from Old English fyrhto, fryhto. V., from Middle English frighten, to frighten, be afraid, from Old English fyrhtan.]
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Word Origin & History

fright  (n.)
O.E. (Northumbrian) fryhto, metathesis of fyrhtu "fear, dread," from P.Gmc. *furkhtaz "afraid" (cf. O.S. forhta, O.Fris. fruchte, O.H.G. forhta, Ger. Furcht, Goth. faurhtei "fear"). Not etymologically related to the word fear, which superseded it 13c. as the principal word except in cases of sudden terror. For spelling evolution, see fight. Frightful (c.1250) originally meant "timid," and like most -ful adjectives originally had an active and passive sense; the meaning "horrible, shocking" is from 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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