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Another word for fright

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Noun

  1. Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger

    Idioms:
    See also:

    fear

  2. An unsightly object

    See also:

    beautiful

Verb

  1. To fill with fear

    Idioms:
    See also:

    fear

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Another word for fright

Noun

  1. Alarm

    See also:

    fear

  2. *A person or thing of unattractive or startling appearance

    See also:

    fear

    ugliness

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • Filled with fright he opened his eyes and lifted his head from under his cloak.

  • Countess Mary turned pale with fright and made signs to the boy.

  • Seeing their enemy unexpectedly the French fell into confusion and stopped short from the sudden fright, but then they resumed their flight, abandoning their comrades who were farther behind.

  • When she saw Natasha's fright, Sonya shed tears of shame and pity for her friend.

  • The garrison of Damascus took fright, and deserted their posts, so that `Amr Ashdaq was compelled to surrender.

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