fright

1. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) (synset 107534492)
   tells us about:

   • afraid - filled with fear or apprehension
   • fearless, unafraid - oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
   is a type of: emotion - any strong feeling
   subtypes:

   • alarm, consternation, dismay - fear resulting from the awareness of danger
   • creeps - a feeling of fear and revulsion
   • chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   • horror - intense and profound fear
   • hysteria - excessive or uncontrollable fear
   • affright, panic, terror - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
   • panic attack, scare - a sudden attack of fear
   • stage fright - fear that affects a person about to face an audience
   • apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation
   • timidity, timidness, timorousness - fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
   • intimidation - the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
   has: cold sweat - the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear
   same as: fear, fearfulness

1. Cause fear in (synset 201783082)
   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
   causes: dread, fear - be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
   is a type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   subtypes:

   • bluff - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
   • awe - inspire awe in
   • terrify, terrorise, terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatly
   • intimidate - make timid or fearful
   • alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
   • consternate - fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
   • spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
   same as: affright, frighten, scare

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