Fright vs Deject - What's the difference?
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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2:
Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
Make sad or dispirited.
* Benjamin Franklin
(obsolete) To cast down.
* Udall
* Fuller
Fright is a related term of deject.
As verbs the difference between fright and deject
is that fright is (archaic) to frighten while deject is make sad or dispirited.As a noun fright
is a state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.fright
English
Noun
(wikipedia fright)- 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 flattened himself against the wall.
- 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.
Derived terms
* fright wigdeject
English
Verb
- I pitied poor Miss Read's unfortunate situation. She was generally dejected , seldom cheerful, and avoided company.
- Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
- Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.