• (America) enPR: frīt, IPA: /fɹaɪt/
• (CA, Northern US) IPA: /fɹʌit/

fright

1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     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.

• French: effroi, épouvante
• German: Schreck, Schrecken, Angst
• Portuguese: espanto, susto
• Russian: испу́г
• Spanish: susto

• Russian: пу́гало

fright (frights, present participle frighting; past and past participle frighted)

1. (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
   • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 2, scene 1], not you he [… ↗ That frights the maidens of the villagery […] ? page Are not you he […] That frights the maidens of the villagery […] ?]:

fright

1. (rare) frightened; afraid; affright