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fright

noun verb

an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
F
Ends with
T
Contains
RI
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

verb

  1. cause fear in

    “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

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Example Sentences

The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Ghosts could never affright her

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