fright (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *fright*:
NOUN	feeling	fright, fear, fearfulness	an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
VERB	emotion	fright, frighten, scare, affright	drive out by frightening

fright > pronunciation
Sounds	fray't
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English > *fright*: 2 senses > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
Synonyms	fear, fearfulness
Attributes	afraid	Filled with fear or apprehension
Attributes	unafraid, fearless	oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
Parts	cold sweat	The physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill
Narrower	alarm, dismay, consternation	Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
	apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread	fearful expectation or anticipation
	creeps	A feeling of fear and revulsion
	frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle	An almost pleasurable sensation of fright
	horror	Intense and profound fear
	hysteria	excessive or uncontrollable fear
	intimidation	The feeling of being intimidated
	panic, terror, affright	An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
	scare, panic attack	A sudden attack of fear
	stage fright	Fear that affects a person about to face an audience
	timidity, timidness, timorousness	Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
Broader	emotion	Any strong feeling
Opposite	fearlessness, bravery	Feeling no fear
Spanish	espanto, miedo, pavor, susto, temor, terror
Catalan	basarda, esglai, espant, paüra, por, temor, terror
Verbs	fright	drive out by frightening

English > *fright*: 2 senses > verb 1, emotion
Meaning	drive out by frightening.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	The bad news will fright him
Synonyms	frighten, scare, affright
Cause to	fear, dread	Be afraid or scared of
Narrower	awe	inspire awe in
	bluff	frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
	consternate	Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
	dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify	Fill with apprehension or alarm
	intimidate	make timid or fearful
	spook	frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
	terrify, terrorize, terrorise	Fill with terror
Broader	stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir	Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Spanish	amedrentar, asustar, atemorizar, espantar
Catalan	esglaiar, espantar
Nouns	fright	an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

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