How do you use the word "fright" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fright": Helen jumped in fright at the strange sound. Such was her fright that she closed her eyes.

Fright Meaning

/fɹaɪt/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

nounSomeone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.

Sentence Examples

Helen jumped in fright at the strange sound.

Such was her fright that she closed her eyes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

fear frighten scare

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The loud noise gave me a sudden ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The sudden loud noise gave her quite a ____, causing her to jump and drop the glass she was holding.

Word Origin & History

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”). Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall." — 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:

"Her maids were old, and if she took a new one, You might be sure she was a perfect fright; She did this during even her husband's life I recommend as much to every wife." — 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number):

"Are not you he […] That frights the maidens of the villagery […] ?" — c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

"Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away." — 1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23:

"A very fine situation was proposed to him, where he might have a noble view of the ocean; but he started back, with an attitude of terror Betterton might envy, when Hamlet meets his father's ghost, and cried out,—"Oh, Christ! the sea looks so fierce that it frights me!" — 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith. Courtiers.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 263:

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