fright

UK
/fraɪt/
US
/fraɪt/

Übersetzungen

frightsubstantiv
frights
Pl.
UK
/fraɪt/
US
/fraɪt/
The sudden noise gave her a fright.
Внезапный шум напугал её.
He was paralyzed with fright when he saw the ghost.
Он был парализован от страха, когда увидел привидение.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
frightverb
frighted
Präteritum
frighted
Partizip Perfekt
frighting
Gerundium
UK
/fraɪt/
US
/fraɪt/
Archaic or dialectal transitive verb meaning ‘to frighten; to scare’.
frightadjektiv
Used attributively before nouns with the sense ‘intended to frighten’ (e.g., ‘fright night’).

Definitionen

frightsubstantiv
A sudden intense feeling of fear.
She awoke in the middle of the night with a fright after hearing a loud noise.
An experience or event that causes a sudden feeling of fear.
The haunted house gave him quite a fright.
A person or thing that looks extremely shocking, ugly, or grotesque.
Get some sleep—you look a fright after the overnight flight.
frightverb
To frighten or scare someone or something.
The sudden thunderclap frighted the horses.
frightadjektiv
Intended to frighten or capable of causing fright; frightening.
The carnival features a fright maze every October.