Fright vs X - What's the difference?
fright | x |
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:
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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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.As a verb fright
is (archaic) to frighten.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.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.