FRIGHT


Meaning of FRIGHT in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a sudden or extreme fear. b an instance of this (gave me a fright). 2 a person or thing looking grotesque or ridiculous.

v.tr. poet. frighten. take fright become frightened.

[ OE fryhto, metathetic form of fyrhto, f. Gmc ]

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