fright

Definition of Fright in English :

an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

cause fear in

Example Sentences:
'The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me'
'Ghosts could never affright her'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fright

noun

1.

sudden intense fear or alarm

2.

a sudden alarming shock

3. informal

a horrifying, grotesque, or ludicrous person or thing

she looks a fright in that hat

4. take fright

verb

5. a poetic word for frighten

noun

1.

sudden fear or terror; alarm

2.

an ugly, ridiculous, startling, or unusual person or thing

verb transitive

3. Rare

to frighten; terrify

n.

1. Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening. See Synonyms at fear.

2. Informal Something extremely unsightly, alarming, or strange: Brush your hair; you look a fright.

tr.v. fright·ed, fright·ing, frights
Archaic

To frighten.