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Definition fright
Etymology 1
From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furht?? (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *perg- (“to frighten; fear”).
Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic ???????? (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”) and Romanian fric? (“fear, fright, dread”) are also cognates, although probably influenced by an early Germanic variant.
Noun
fright (countable and uncountable, plural frights)
- A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
Verb
fright (third-person singular simple present frights, present participle frighting, simple past and past participle frighted)
- (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
Etymology 2
Probably short for affright, from Middle English afright, from Old English ?fyrht, past participle of ?fyrhtan (“to make afraid; terrify”).
Adjective
fright (comparative more fright, superlative most fright)
- (rare) frightened; afraid; affright
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