What is the meaning of fright?

noun

  • An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight.

verb

  • Cause fear in.
    • usage: "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
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