Fright

//fɹʌit//

Synonyms for "fright" (65 found)

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Translations

61 translations across 34 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τάρβος noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Armenian

2 entries
  • երկյուղ noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • վախ noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ляк noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • пераля́к noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • спало́х noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • страх noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • страшилище noun (someone strange, ugly or shocking)
  • уплаха noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Catalan

3 entries
  • ensurt noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • espant noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • esverament noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Cimbrian

1 entries
  • dabòrte noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • timego noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kauhu noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • pelko noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

French

2 entries
  • effroi noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • épouvante noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Georgian

2 entries
  • საფრთხობელა noun (someone strange, ugly or shocking)
  • შიში noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

German

4 entries
  • Angst noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • Chlupf noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • Schreck noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • Schrecken noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌴𐌹 noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Greek

1 entries
  • τρομάρα noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בֶּהָלָה noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Irish

2 entries
  • scanradh noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • scéin noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 怖じけ noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • зәре noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Korean

2 entries
  • noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • 놀람 noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • страв noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • страшилиште noun (someone strange, ugly or shocking)
  • уплав noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Malay

1 entries
  • ketakutan noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • tirs noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • xof noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • قورقو noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • وحشت noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Polish

1 entries
  • przestrach noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • espanto noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • susto noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Romanian

1 entries
  • spaimă noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Russian

4 entries
  • испу́г noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • пу́гало noun (someone strange, ugly or shocking)
  • страх noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • страши́лище noun (someone strange, ugly or shocking)

Scots

1 entries
  • fricht noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • clisgeadh noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Spanish

1 entries
  • susto noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fasa noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • fruktan noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • skräck noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tiggʷdi noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Turkish

1 entries
  • korku noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ляк noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • переля́к noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)
  • страх noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Welsh

1 entries
  • abwth noun (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Helen jumped in fright at the strange sound.

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Such was her fright that she closed her eyes.

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I had stage fright at first, but I got over it quickly.

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People were filled with fright.

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