Fright

Definition: Fright

Fright

Noun

1. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).

Verb

1. Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fright" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fright

Amusement

Cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, ecarte, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun; quinze, thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat.

Fear

Inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise aprehensions; be in a daze, bulldoze; faze, feeze; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry " wolf," disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.

Hesitate; (be irresolute); falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk; (cowardice); let " I dare not" wait upon "I would "; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly; (avoid).

Fright; affright, affrightment; boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede.

Adjective: fearing; Verb: frightened; Verb: in fear, in a fright; Noun: haunted with the fear of; Noun: afeard.

Ugliness

Eyesore, object, witch, hag, figure, sight, fright; monster; dog, woofer, pig; octopus, specter, scarecrow, harridan, satyr, toad, monkey, baboon, Caliban, Aesop, "monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum".

Crosswords: Fright

Fetch daddy's blue fright wig! (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright. (SOMEBODY'S BABY; performing artist: Jackson Browne)

I'm a fright with my tombstone smile (Cyclops Rock; performing artist: They Might Be Giants)

Fright (1971)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Night Fright (1967)

Polar Fright (1966)

Freight Fright (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Fright Christmas (R.L. Stine's Ghosts of Fear Street 15) (reference)

• Fright Knight (R.L. Stine's Ghosts of Fear Street, No 7) (reference)

• The Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof Kieslowski Between Theory and Post-Theory (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fright Night (reference)

• Fright Night - 10 Movies (reference)

• Stage Fright (reference)

• Fright Night Part 2 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fright Classics (reference)

• Stage Fright [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Fright Night (3 pack) Vol. 1 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Down he tumbled, in a great fright directly into Petronella's lap!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Upon my word it is enough to put one in a fright.

The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright.

A fright which can be understood, an anger which can be excused.

He could not speak with fright.

I was in a terrible fright, and kept as far as I could from the edge for fear of falling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fright": be in a fright ♦ get a fright ♦ get off with a fright ♦ give a fright ♦ give smb. a fright ♦ half dead with fright ♦ have a fright ♦ have a stage fright ♦ in a fright ♦ mortal fright ♦ she looks a fright ♦ shriek with fright ♦ stage fright ♦ suffer from stage fright ♦ take fright ♦ take fright at. Additional references.

Beginning with "fright": fright-patterns.

Ending with "fright": stage-fright.

Afrikaans

angst (agony, anguish, fear). (various references)

Albanian

frikë (affright, apprehension, cowardice, dismay, doubt, dread, fear, habdabs, jim-jams, phobia, scare, shake). (various references)

Arabic 

‏خوف (browbeat, bully, dread, fear, frighten, frightfulness, give a scare, horror, panic, put the wind up, scare, terror, trepidation), ‏أرعب (alarm, appal, appall, daunt, dismay, frighten, horrify, intimidate, panic, stagger, terrorize), ‏رعب (awe, consternation, dismay, frightfulness, horror, panic, scare, terror, tizzy, trance). (various references)

Bulgarian 

страх (alarm, apprehension, dismay, dread, fear, funk, horror, terror), страшилище (bogy, bugaboo, bugbear, ogre, terror), ужас (abhorrence, atrocity, dread, fear, frightfulness, horror, monstrosity, recoil, scare, terror), уплаха (affright, alarm, jitters, scare, shock, stir), плашило (bogey, golliwog, grotesque, hob, hobgoblin, scarecrow). (various references)

Chinese 

驚駭 . (various references)

Czech

zdìšení (consternation, dismay, horror, panic, terror), strach (alarm, apprehension, dread, dribbler, fear, tremor), strašidlo (bugbear, ghost, poltergeist, spectre, spirit, spook), maškara (Mummery), leknutí (scare, shock, start), hrùza (awe, dread, horror, nightmare, terror), úlek (scare), údìs. (various references)

Danish

angst (agony, anguish, fear). (various references)

Dutch

angst (agony, anguish, anxiety, fear). (various references)

Esperanto

timego. (various references)

Farsi 

هراس (Alarm, Feeze, Panic), وحشت (Abhorrence, Awe, Dread, Fray, Horror, Jitters, Panic, Terror), ترساندن (Abhor, Affray, Appall, Awe, Bash, Buffalo, Cow, Daunt, Deter, Feeze, Fray, Horrify, Huff, Intimidate, Scare, Shore, Spook, Threat, Tremble), ترس ناگهانی , رم دادن (Hare, Rouse, Startle). (various references)

Finnish

säikähdys (shock), pelko (apprehension, dread, fear), pelästys, kuvatus, kauhu (alarm, horror, terror). (various references)

French

peur, frayeur (frightening), effroi. (various references)

Frisian

eangstme (agony, anguish, fear), eangst (agony, anguish, fear), benaudens (agony, anguish, fear). (various references)

German

schreck (alarm, scare, scariness, terror), schrecken (alarm, amazement, be startled, dip quickly in cold water, frighten, horror, horrors, scare, start up, terrify, terror, terrors). (various references)

Greek 

φόβος (apprehension, fear, funk), τρόμος (consternation, dismay, terror). (various references)

Hawaiian

frikë. (various references)

Hebrew 

מורא (awe, fear, respect, reverence), מ�'ור�" (fear, terror), פח�" פתע, פח�" (awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, terror), �"ב�"לות, ב�"ל�" (alarm, dismay, panic, rush, scare, trepidation). (various references)

Hungarian

ijedtség (affright, alarm, dread, shock, shy, turn), riadalom (alarm, panic), rút alak, rémület (bewilderment, dismay, dread, funk, horror, scare, terror), ijedség, ijedelem (scare). (various references)

Icelandic

hræðsla (agony, anguish, fear). (various references)

Indonesian

gecar (trembling). (various references)

Italian

paura (afraid, anguish, apprehensibility, distress, dread, fear, funk, scare), timore (alarm, apprehension, awe, dread, fear, funk, misgiving), spavento (fear, scare, scariness), angoscia (agony, anguish, anxiety, distress, fear, heartache). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

驚がく (shock, surprise). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

フライト (flight), きょうがく (coeducation, education and learning, shock, surprise), いふ (abandonment, awe, different father, fear). (various references)

Manx

owan (dread), atchim (apprehension, awe, dread, fear, scare, terror), aggle (afraid, awe, dread, fear, timidity, windy). (various references)

Norwegian

frykt (agony, anguish, dread, fear), redsel (agony, anguish, fear, horror). (various references)

Papiamen

miedu, miedo. (various references)

Pig Latin

ightfray

Portuguese

fragata (lighter), terror (awe, fear, funk, horror, panic, terror), susto (affright, habdabs, scare, shock), sobressalto (gasp, habdabs, jar, jolt, jump, rumble-tumble, scare, shock, surprise), pavor (consternation, dread, funk, habdabs, horror, terror), medo súbito (habeas corpus), medo (affright, awe, dismay, dread, fear, fearless, funk, intimity, panic, scare), horror (abhorrence, abomination, dread, horror, terror), espanto (amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, daze, marvel, scare, surprise, wonder, wonderment, wonderwork). (various references)

Romanian

fricã (anguish, anxiety, apprehension, fear, funk, palpitation, pusillanimity, scare, yellow), monstru (abomination, abortion, heteroclite, jumbo, moloch, monster, monstrosity, mooncalf), ciumã (fury, hag, lues, murrain, plague, scarecrow, shrew, termagant, vixen), cutremur (convulsion, earthquake, shaking, shock, terror, thrilling), dârdorã (brunt, eagerness, fervour), groazã (affright, blue funk, dismay, dread, fearfulness, horror, nightmare, terror, ton), jiganie (bugbear, prodigy), bufniţã (hag, howlet, owl, scarecrow), momâie (dummy, guy, scarecrow), urâciune (unsightliness), papalugã, sluţiturã, spaimã (affright, agony, bugaboo, dismay, dread, fear, funk, horror, scare, scourge, startle, terror), sperietoare (Bogle, bogy, bugaboo, bugbear, guy, scarecrow, the bogy man), sperieturã (scare), teamã (alarm, anxiety, apprehension, awe, dread, fear, nervousness, palpitation, panic, pusillanimity, terror), urâţenie (ugliness, unsightliness), maimuţoi (aper, Jack). (various references)

Russian 

испуг (affright, blue fear, blue funk, dismay, habdabs). (various references)

Scottish

sgaoim (a fright, a start, sudden terror), eagal (fear). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

strava (dread, horror), strah (alarm, creeps, dread, fear, funk, trepidation, wind up), strašilo (bugaboo, bugbear, scarecrow). (various references)

Spanish

espanto (amazement, astonishment, consternation, dismay, fearfulness, frightfulness, ghost, scariness, terror, threat), susto (affright, alarm, horror, scare, start, terror, turn), terror (dread, horror, intemperance, terror, terrorization), miedo (afraid, agony, anguish, apprehension, fear, fearnought, nervousness, timid, trepidation), horror (abhorrence, abomination, awfulness, dread, fear, frightfulness, horror, terror), angustia (agony, angst, anguish, distress, fear, heartache, heartbreak, pang, throes, torment, trouble). (various references)

Swedish

skrämsel (intimidation), skräck (awe, dread, horror, phobia, scare, terror), fruktan (agony, anguish, awe, dread, fear, terror), förskräckelse (dismay). (various references)

Thai

สิ่งที่น่าเกลีย�", การสะ�"ุ้งตกใจ, ประสบการ�"์ของการหวา�"กลัว. (various references)

Turkish

korkutmak (administer a shock, affright, alarm, appal, appall, awe, bulldoze, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, funk, horrify, intimidate, overawe, scare, startle, terrorize, threaten), korkunç tip, korku (affright, alarm, apprehension, awe, dismay, dread, fear, funk, gothic, horror, misgiving, phobia, scare, trepidation), kılıksız kimse (slob, sloven), gülünç görünüşlü kimse, dehşet (alarm, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, frightfulness, funk, horror, terror, trepidation), ürkme (recoil, scare, start, wince). (various references)

Turkmen 

gorky (fear), aяylganз (horror). (various references)

Ukrainian

страх (alarm, anxiety, apprehension, boggle, dread, fear, fray, horror), переляк (affright, boggle, consternation, funk, scare, startle, willies, wind up). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật xấu xí kinh khủng, quỷ dạ xoa, người ăn mặc xấu xí. (various references)

Welsh

dychryn (alarm, frighten, terror), braw (alarm, dread, terror), abwth (injury). (various references)

buluh. (various references)

effrei. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "fright": frighted, frighten, frightened, frightening, frighteningly, frightens, frightful, frightfully, frightfulness, frightfulnesses, frighting, frights. (additional references)

Words ending with "fright": affright. (additional references)

Words containing "fright": affrighted, affrighting, affrights. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fright" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fdight, feigh, feight, Feringhi, Ferringhi, fracht, Frichot, friegh, frieght, friegth, friget, frigh, frigit, frite, froght, frught, fryt, oright, sright. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fight, firth, frith, girth, grift, grith, right.

-2 letters: frig, frit, gift, girt, grit, rift, thir, trig.

-3 letters: fig, fir, fit, ghi, git, hit, rif, rig.

-4 letters: hi, if, it, ti.

+1 letter: fighter, freight, frights, refight.

+2 letters: affright, farthing, fighters, freights, frighted, frighten, frothing, prefight, refights, rightful.

+3 letters: affrights, farthings, fathering, firefight, firelight, flightier, foresight, fortnight, freighted, freighter, frightens, frightful, frighting, gearshift, infighter, preflight.

+4 letters: affrighted, airfreight, farsighted, feathering, firefights, firelights, foresights, forthright, fortnights, fraughting, freightage, freighters, freighting, frightened, furthering, gearshifts, guitarfish, gunfighter, infighters, lightproof, overflight, prizefight, refighting, rightfully, sprightful.

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