fright
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Types & categories
- emotion hypernym
- alarm hyponym
- creeps hyponym
- quiver hyponym
- horror hyponym
- hysteria hyponym
- terror hyponym
- panic attack hyponym
- stage fright hyponym
- apprehension hyponym
- timidity hyponym
- intimidation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- cold sweat part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause fear in
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Types & categories
- stimulate hypernym
- bluff hyponym
- awe hyponym
- terrify hyponym
- intimidate hyponym
- alarm hyponym
- consternate hyponym
- spook hyponym
Related & opposite
- daunt also see
- dread causes
- terrorization derivation
- scarecrow derivation
- fearfulness derivation
- terror derivation
- panic attack derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | fearlessness |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | afraidp |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unafraidp |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fright |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dread |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearful |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cold sweat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | emotion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alarm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | creeps |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quiver |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | horror |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hysteria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | terror |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | panic attack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stage fright |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apprehension |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | timidity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intimidation |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | daunt |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | dread |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrorization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scarecrow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | terror |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | panic attack |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bluff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | awe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | terrify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intimidate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | alarm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | consternate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spook |