Fright vs Foreboding - 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:
A sense of evil to come.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
An evil omen.
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Fright is a related term of foreboding.
As nouns the difference between fright and foreboding
is that fright is a state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm while foreboding is a sense of evil to come.As verbs the difference between fright and foreboding
is that fright is (archaic) to frighten while foreboding is .As an adjective foreboding is
of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.fright
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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 wigforeboding
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Alternative forms
* forboding (much less commonly used)Noun
(en noun)- A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
