fright

fright is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
2. noun. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
3. noun. To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
4. noun. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

   Synonyms: fear, fearfulness

5. verb. cause fear in

   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"

   "Ghosts could never affright her"

   Synonyms: affright, frighten, scare

Synonyms

fear, fearfulness, affright, frighten, scare

Common word forms

frights, frighted, frighten, frighter, frightful, frighting, frightable, frightless, frightment

Words from these letters

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