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Fright

🔄 Synonyms of "Fright"

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WordDefinition
affrightnounafraid; terrified; frightened
fearfulnessnounThe quality of being fearful.
scareverb(transitive) To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
frightenverb(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
fearnoun(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

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braverynoun(usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
fearlessnessnounThe quality of being fearless.

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frightenverb(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
fearnoun(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
fearfulnessnounThe quality of being fearful.
scarenounA cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.
affrightnoun(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
shocknounA sudden, heavy impact.
terrornoun(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
horrornoun(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
scaredFeeling fear; afraid, frightened.
afraidImpressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
horriblenounCausing horror; terrible; shocking.
dreadnounGreat fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
creepy(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
awfulnoun(US, neologism, politics, social media) Initialism of affluent white female urban liberal.
cowardnounA person who lacks courage.
tripnounA journey; an excursion or jaunt.
journeynounA set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
travelnounThe act of traveling; passage from place to place.
voyagenounA long journey, especially by ship.
panicnoun(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

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