frights

UK
/fraɪts/
US
/fraɪts/

Translations

frightnoun

frights

pl

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.
Additional translations
frightverb

frights

frighted
Past Simple
frighted
Past Participle
frighting
Gerund
UK
/fraɪt/
US
/fraɪt/
Archaic or dialectal transitive verb meaning ‘to frighten; to scare’.

Definitions

frightnoun
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.