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fright

[frahyt] / fraɪt /


NOUN
horrifying or unpleasant sight
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“He’s been called the Christmas devil,” said Jeff Belanger, author of “The Fright Before Christmas,” a compendium of so-called “Yuletide monsters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

"There are no werewolves in Tom Holland's 1985 film Fright Night," wrote journalist Adam Ward.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

Night Fright flew two missions on D-Day in 1944 and was hit more than 100 times.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2022

Flock Fright plans to open a new office in Chicago later this year.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2021

Isabella thought that maybe we should go to Fright by Night at Six Flags.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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