"frights" in the noun sense
1. fear, fearfulness, fright
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
"frights" in the verb sense
1. frighten, fright, scare, affright
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
"Ghosts could never affright her"
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