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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.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English frytu, fyrhto; akin to German Furcht
before 900; Middle English; Old English frytu, fyrhto; akin to German Furcht
Related forms
self-fright·ed, adjective
un·fright·ed, adjective
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Example Sentences
- The guy who sings the national anthem has probably taken a beta blocker to calm his stage fright.
- If unemployment climbs much higher, then consumers are likely to take fright.
- The repellent is thought to act as a fright substance that warns other sharks to stay away.
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World English Dictionary
| fright (fraɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sudden intense fear or alarm |
| 2. | a sudden alarming shock |
| 3. | informal a horrifying, grotesque, or ludicrous person or thing: she looks a fright in that hat |
| 4. | take fright to become frightened |
| —vb | |
| 5. | a poetic word for frighten |
| [Old English fryhto; related to Gothic faurhtei, Old Frisian fruchte, Old High German forhta] | |
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Word Origin & History
fright
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 Not etymologically related to the word fear, which superseded it 13c.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
EXPANDexcept in cases of sudden terror. For spelling evolution, see fight.
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