Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

    Schreck, Schrecken, Angst

    испу́гispúg, страхstrax

    переля́кperelják, страхstrax, лякljak

  2. (countable, uncountable)Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.

    пу́галоpúgalo, страши́лищеstrašílišče

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

Examples

55 sentences
  1. I nearly passed out from fright.

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  2. I almost passed out from fright.

    deIch hätte vor Furcht fast die Besinnung verloren.

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  3. A little stage fright is normal before a concert.

    deEin bisschen Lampenfieber ist normal vor dem Konzert.

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  4. I had stage fright at first, but I got over it quickly.

    ruСначала у меня была боязнь сцены, но я быстро её преодолел.

    deZuerst hatte ich Lampenfieber, aber ich kam schnell darüber weg.

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  5. Tom got stage fright.

    deTom bekam Lampenfieber.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger:
Русский
By meaning 2
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger:
someone strange, ugly or shocking:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger:

Origin

From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread,

From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- (“to fear”).

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Forms

plural: frights
Singularfright
Pluralfrights

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight):fearfearfulness

Word family

26 related words

See also

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