fright

1. 1.

   cause fear in

   “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

   “Ghosts could never affright her”

   Synonymsfrightenscareaffright

   Broaderstimulate

   Narrowerbluffaweterrifyintimidatedismayconsternatespook

Other forms of fright

plural

frights·

past tense

frighted·

present participle

frighting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fright

What does fright mean?

fright means "an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fright?

fright has 1 syllable: fright. In IPA it is /ˈfɹaɪt/.

What is another word for fright?

Close synonyms include fear, fearfulness, frighten, scare, affright. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fright a common word?

fright is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.