fright

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
fear, fearfulness
• Ant:
fearlessness (for: fear)
• Derivationally related forms:
fearful (for: fearfulness), fear (for: fear)
• Hypernyms:
emotion
• Hyponyms:
alarm, dismay, consternation, creeps, frisson,
shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle,
horror, hysteria, panic, terror, affright, scare,
panic attack, stage fright, apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, timidity,
timidness, timorousness, intimidation
• Part Meronyms:
cold sweat
• Attrubites:
afraid, unafraid, fearless

II - verb

cause fear in
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
• Syn:
frighten, scare, affright
• See Also:
frighten off (for: frighten), frighten away (for: frighten)
• Derivationally related forms:
affright (for: affright), scare (for: scare), scarer (for: scare), frightening (for: frighten)
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Hyponyms:
bluff, awe, terrify, terrorize, terrorise,
intimidate, dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify,
consternate, spook
• Cause:
fear, dread
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will fright him

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fear, fearfulness, frighten, scare, affright
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  fearlessness, bravery