Definition of "fright" []

• Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening; alarm. See Synonyms at fear. (noun)
• Informal Something extremely unsightly, alarming, or strange: Brush your hair; you look a fright. (noun)
• Archaic To frighten. (verb-transitive)

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• "-- "But consider the fright your honor put us into," replied Pat, -- "_consider the fright_!""
• "McWhorter speculates on a possible connection between certain Germanic and Semitic roots, such as the English word fright compared with the Semitic root p-r-kh meaning "to fear.""
• ""Not what I call a fright," he asserted in an even tone."