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fright

noun as in extreme apprehension

noun as in horrifying or unpleasant sight

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You may be able to simply train yourself to wake up and end the dream, or overcome the very vivid feelings of fear and fright by telling yourself that it’s a dream.

The green creatures in The Sunken Land, on the other hand, conjure up the visceral fright of something slithering and unfamiliar brushing past your skin when you enter a lake.

With such fright back there, it’s small solace that the contenders lack defending champion Dustin Johnson, the No.

Much of the heavy lifting for frights is done by the environments, especially in the world of the dead that takes a Lovecraftian aesthetic, with slippery tentacles or long arms reaching down from above.

To add to the fright, some children live in unstable homes where food is hard to come by.

Finally he grabs that blanket [and] I counted eight on one double mattress, eight children held together—dying of fright.

Take this sentence: "With the snake in sight, the horse reeled his paws in fright."

Kate got a fright when she thought she'd mislaid a family engagement ring that Prince William gave her in 2010.

He talks to Gordon Marino about reliving his darkest moments—and how he faced down his stage fright.

First, she had to overcome her stage fright to go head-to-head with the big boys.

Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

The performers and the nuns nearly died of fright, believing that their last hour had surely come.

I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

Winifred, naturally a high-spirited and lively girl, soon recovered from the fright of that fateful Sunday evening.

Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking at the same time, "The devil has got me at last."

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On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fright, such as: consternation, dismay, horror, panic, trepidation, and alarm.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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