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Plural for a sudden alarming shock or scare
“I figured he must be up there checking the site over. It gave him a right fright when he saw me, I can tell you.”
Plural for a sudden intense feeling of fear, dread or anxiety
“Before she could finish the sentence, Fran let out a sudden cry of fright as she was swept up off her feet.”
Plural for a displeasing or disheveled sight or appearance
“I doubt if you could look a fright even if you tried. I'm certain you don't look one now.”
Plural for a psychological, irrational or obsessive fear of (something)
Plural for derogatory slang for an unattractive or visually displeasing person
Plural for the state of being unhappy, disappointed, or anxious
Plural for any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is
To frighten or cause fear in
“But this would occasion such intricate and perplexed circumlocutions, and such a tedious length of demonstrations, as would fright any sober person from attempting to read them.”
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