Definition of fright

"fright" 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)

"fright" 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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Quotations for fright

There is no fence against a panic fright. [ Proverb ]

So many ghosts, and forms of fright,
Have started from their graves tonight.
They have driven sleep from mine eyes away;
I will go down to the chapel and pray. [ Longfellow ]

Burn not your house to fright away the mice. [ Proverb ]

She is not so ugly as to fright one, nor so beautiful as to kill one. [ Proverb ]

fright in Scrabble®

The word fright is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters fright:

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fright in Words With Friends™

The word fright is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters fright:

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Words within the letters of fright

2 letter words in fright (3 words)

3 letter words in fright (5 words)

4 letter words in fright (3 words)

5 letter words in fright (3 words)

6 letter words in fright (1 word)

fright + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving fright

Shorter words in fright

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Longer words containing fright

affright affrighted affrightedly

affright affrighten affrightened

affright affrighten affrightening

affright affrighten affrightens

affright affrighter affrighters

affright affrightful affrightfully

affright affrighting affrightingly

affright affrightment affrightments

affright affrights

afright

frighted affrighted affrightedly

frighten affrighten affrightened

frighten affrighten affrightening

frighten affrighten affrightens

frighten frightened affrightened

frighten frightened frightenedly

frighten frightened unfrightened

frighten frightener frighteners

frighten frightening affrightening

frighten frightening frighteningly

frighten frightening nonfrightening

frighten frightens affrightens

frighten frightens overfrightens

frighten overfrighten overfrightens

frighten unfrightenable

frightful affrightful affrightfully

frightful frightfully affrightfully

frightful frightfulness

frighting affrighting affrightingly

frightless

frights affrights

selfrighteous selfrighteously

selfrighteous selfrighteousness