OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14361

fright

/fɹaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
susto
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
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 fla…
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