fright

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

paura

😨

peur

😨

spavento

miedo

😨

Furcht

😨

Angst

😨

medo

😨

susto

Schrecken

Schreck

effroi

korku

😨

crainte

😨

schrik

⚡

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹaɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fright

Inherited from Old English: fryhtu

Cognate with Scots: fricht

Cognate with Old Frisian: fruchte

Cognate with Low German: frucht

Cognate with Middle Dutch: vrucht

Cognate with German: Furcht

Cognate with Danish: frygt

Cognate with Swedish: fruktan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹

Cognate with Albanian: frikë

Inherited from Middle English: afright

Inherited from 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”).