fright

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
2. (countable, uncountable) Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.

Verb

To frighten.

Adj

frightened; afraid; affright

Sinonieme

fear

😨

terror

dread

alarm

scare

😨

horror

panic

consternation

apprehension

affright

frighten

anxiety

scarecrow

fearfulness

surprise

dismay

awe

timidity

funk

trepidation

shock

⚡

bugaboo

habdabs

misgiving

monster

startle

amazement

over-excitement

paranoia

perplexity

rash

regret

relief

scariness

shyness

stampede

suspense

timorousness

trembling

unnerve

vexation

worry

something frightening

boggard

boggart

pavor

affrightment

deer in the headlights

dwere

anguish

Vertalings

paura

😨

peur

😨

spavento

miedo

😨

Furcht

😨

Angst

😨

medo

😨

susto

Schrecken

Schreck

effroi

korku

😨

crainte

😨

schrik

⚡

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɹaɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fright

Geërf van Old English: fryhtu

Verwante met Skots: fricht

Verwante met Old Frisian: fruchte

Verwante met Nederduits: frucht

Verwante met Middle Dutch: vrucht

Verwante met Duits: Furcht

Verwante met Deens: frygt

Verwante met Sweeds: fruktan

Verwante met Goties: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹

Verwante met Albanees: frikë

Geërf van Middle English: afright

Geërf van Old English: āfyrht

In summary

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”).