n. 25B6; noun
she was paralysed with fright : FEAR, fearfulness, terror, horror, alarm, panic, dread, trepidation, dismay, nervousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, perturbation, disquiet; informal jitteriness, twitchiness.
the experience gave everyone a fright : SCARE, shock, surprise, turn, jolt, start; the shivers, the shakes; informal the jitters, the heebie-jeebies, the willies, the creeps, the collywobbles, a cold sweat; Brit. informal the (screaming) abdabs, butterflies (in one's stomach).
(informal) she looked an absolute fright : UGLY SIGHT, eyesore, monstrosity; informal mess, sight, state, blot on the landscape.