fright

noun/fraɪt/

Frequency rank: #9,548 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a sudden feeling of fear or shock

Illustration for the English word “fright”

Example sentence

The sudden loud noise gave her quite a nasty fright last night.

Synonyms & related words

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