English noun: fright | |||
1. | fright (feeling) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | ||
Synonyms | fear, fearfulness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | emotion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | affright, alarm, apprehension, apprehensiveness, chill, consternation, creeps, dismay, dread, frisson, horror, hysteria, intimidation, panic, panic attack, quiver, scare, shiver, shudder, stage fright, terror, thrill, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tingle | ||
Part holonym | cold sweat | ||
Attribute | afraid, fearless, unafraid | ||
Antonyms | fearlessness, bravery | ||
English verb: fright | |||
1. | fright (emotion) cause fear in | ||
Samples | The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me. Ghosts could never affright her. | ||
Examples | The bad news will fright him | ||
Synonyms | affright, frighten, scare | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alarm, appal, appall, awe, bluff, consternate, dismay, horrify, intimidate, spook, terrify, terrorise, terrorize | ||
Cause | dread, fear | ||