Definition of fright

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Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.

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Into :: Into (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits
Bugbear :: Bugbear (n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc..
Frighting :: Frighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frigh.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Lowbell :: Lowbell (v. t.) To frighten, as with a lowbell..
Affrighter :: Affrighter (n.) One who frightens.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Bo :: Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) Alarm; terror; fright.
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Frightened :: Frightened (imp.) of Frighte.
Timorsome :: Timorsome (a.) Easily frightened; timorous.
Fearsome :: Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.
Poker :: Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear..
Hyperborean :: Hyperborean (a.) Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere..
Frightless :: Frightless (a.) Free from fright; fearless.
Frightfully :: Frightfully (adv.) In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
Skittish :: Skittish (v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt..
Frightening :: Frightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frighte.
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