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fright
  1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
  2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “Before she could finish the sentence, Fran let out a sudden cry of fright as she was swept up off her feet.”
      “I doubt if you could look a fright even if you tried. I'm certain you don't look one now.”
frightmare
  1. (informal) Someone or something extremely unattractive.
  2. An extremely unpleasant and frightening experience.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Try and stick to only a few decorative elements, not a 'more is more' frightmare.”
      “It's a Dali-esque frightmare of liquescent forms, a pseudo-organic samplescape congested with scrofulous sound tentacles and slithery slimeshapes.”
      “Wednesday morning, Jamie was pacing back and forth in the small kitchen when she decided that she didn't want to be alone after last night's frightmare.”
frightener
  1. Agent noun of frighten; one who frightens.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So Eriksson, in a move of stunning and unexpected simplicity, has made the second frightener his captain.”
      “But there the similarities between the classic bedtime frightener and Catherine Hardwicke's revamp end.”
      “Such shortcomings do not, however, detract from the mighty wallop which this excellently visceral frightener delivers.”
frightfest
  1. (informal) An event, dramatic work, etc. that is very frightening.
frightfulness
  1. The quality of being frightful.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Nor can it outweigh the sporadic frightfulness of pain and despair that occurs every second of every day.”
      “What limits to the frightfulness yet to be discovered by chemist and bacteriologist?”
      “But most important, Schatzberg and company have made The Panic in Needle Park an occasion for the American public to meditate upon the frightfulness of heroin addiction.”
frightenedness
  1. Quality of being frightened.
frightihead
  1. (obsolete) Fright; fear.
frightfulnesses
frightmares
  1. plural of frightmare
frighteners
  1. plural of frightener
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This clanking robotic automaton is about a meter tall and capable of putting the frighteners on any household pet.”
      “Hard as it is to believe, Grover the ex-boxer and former East End man about town, felt as though someone was putting the frighteners on him.”
      “The UK government is attempting to illegally put the frighteners on smokers buying their requisites over the Internet, a dot.com has alleged.”
frightfests
  1. plural of frightfest
frights
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