WordWeb Online

1. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
   - fear, fearfulness
    
2. A sudden experience causing fear or alarm
   "I had a fright but went back to sleep";
   - scare

1. Cause fear in
   - frighten, scare, affright

Derived forms: frighting, frighted, frights

See also: afraid, fearless, 'fraid [non-standard], unafraid

Type of: emotion, excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Fright, Eric