Synonym: alarm, awe, dismay, dread, eyesore, fear, horror, mess, panic, phobia, terror. Similar words: frighten, frightful, frightened, frighten away, frightening, bill of rights, frighteningly, right. Meaning: [fraɪt] n. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). v. cause fear in.
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91. Eventually a superstitious caretaker took fright at this omen and killed the bird.
92. I had put on a show of contrition all day, and behind it had been incomprehension and fright.
93. Market makers took fright, presuming some one knew something they did not, and the price tumbled 30 p.c.
94. Kafka and Milena take fright and run off in different directions.
95. In the nick of time, they discovered her in a state of hapless stage fright.
96. Anne and Sarah were true to their pledge to enjoy every moment of their lives after their fright the previous September.
97. They teased teachers by dropping books near them, giving them a fright.
98. Certainly I defended the community charge, which gave Labour councils in many areas the fright of their lives.
99. Den suffered terribly from stage fright and had some real moments of crisis which of course never showed from the front.
100. The driver yelled curses at her, slashing in fright at the helpless donkey.
101. I hadn't long been back from my honeymoon when my new wife was given another fright.
102. Early attacks of stage fright were cured by a thimbleful of Courvoisier.sentencedict.com
103. Membership also provides extra ammunition to defend the pound if currency markets take fright at the election result.
104. I jumped up in fright and in the process knocked the snuff out of her hand.
105. The face that had paled with fright and shock had now flushed.
106. Most of the Others were too paralyzed with fright to move; but some began a slow, stumbling retreat.
107. Stage fright, loss of memory and diarrhoea are also part of the picture.
108. And then Frye began to scream, the sound of it paralysing everyone with fright again.
109. It gave me a fright, I don't mind telling you.
110. Suddenly shots rang out and I realized with fright that Janotte was shooting at us.
111. It took a fright like that to make Peggy look solemn.
112. And the moral of it all, I suppose, is: Never take fright at a footnote.
113. But when the City looked at the gap where macroeconomic policy should have been, it took fright.
114. I was still weeping with fright when Uncle Bill put me to bed.
115. I felt queasy with fright for his teeth had been filed down as sharp as dagger points.
116. He pleaded guilty to stealing a money bag containing Mr Leyland's takings after the driver ran off in fright.
117. Several of the youngsters cried out in fright and clung to one another.
118. I sobbed with fright, even as I addressed the one and only question which confronted me in such a dangerous situation.
119. But the City took fright at escalating costs and marked the shares down 4p to 715p.
120. As Warshall said, they also alter in response to fright.
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