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fright

/fɹaɪt/noun, verb1 syllable

Fright means: cause fear in.

Synonyms for fright5

noun, as in an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

fear, fearfulness

verb, as in cause fear in

frighten, scare, affright

What does fright mean?2

verb

1

cause fear in“The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fright?47

three syllables

overnight
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All 47 rhymes for fright, grouped by syllable

Fright in a sentence

  • Helen jumped in fright at the strange sound.AlanF_US
  • Such was her fright that she closed her eyes.unknown
  • The loud noise gave me a terrible fright.Dejo
  • Ziri jumped out of his skin in fright.Amastan
  • He had a look that mingled fright with surprise.unknown
  • I wonder what gave them such a fright.ddnktr
  • To fright a bird is not the way to catch it.carlosalberto
  • A little stage fright is normal before a concert.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of fright

as a noun

plural
frights

as a verb

third-person singular
frights
present participle
frighting
past participle
frighted
past tense
frighted