fright
SubstantivVerbAdjektivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//fɹaɪt//
- Kanada//fɹʌit//
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Substantiv
- 1
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
- 2
Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
Her maids were old, and if she took a new one, You might be sure she was a perfect fright; She did this during even her husband's life I recommend as much to every wife.
Herkunft
From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- (“to fear”). Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).
Verb
- 1
altertümlichTo frighten.
Are not you he […] That frights the maidens of the villagery […] ?
Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.
A very fine situation was proposed to him, where he might have a noble view of the ocean; but he started back, with an attitude of terror Betterton might envy, when Hamlet meets his father's ghost, and cried out,—"Oh, Christ! the sea looks so fierce that it frights me!
Adjektiv
- 1
seltenfrightened; afraid; affright
Don't be fright, it is not so impossible as it seems.
Don't be fright, I'm not going to hurt you.
He had a great heavy jaw and shoulders like an ox and bore no resemblance to Maurice Leonard. 'Come along, lad,' the sergeant said. 'Come along. Don't be fright. It's what you're here for now, ain't it?'
Herkunft
Probably short for affright, from Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht, past participle of āfyrhtan (“to make afraid; terrify”).
Formen
- Plural
- frights
- Komparativ
- more fright
- Superlativ
- most fright
- Präteritum
- frighted
- Partizip II
- frighted
- Partizip I
- frighting
- 3. Person Singular
- frights
fright · A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
frighten · To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or…frightened · Afraid; suffering from fear.frightening · Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.