Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fright

1 sense of fright

Sense 1
fear, fearfulness, fright -- (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
       => emotion -- (any strong feeling)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fright

1 sense of fright

Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")
       => stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")