Meaning & use
fright
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A sudden, intense feeling of fear or alarm.
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The loud crash gave everyone in the room quite a fright.
She let out a scream of fright when the lights suddenly went out.
A note on using this word
The informal phrase "look a fright" uses the word to mean looking a mess or in disarray, a somewhat dated usage.
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