How to spell fright

Fright is spelled F-R-I-G-H-T.

hear itfright/fraɪt/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A feeling of fear.

In a sentence: The spooky ghost gave me a fright on Halloween.

Same family: frighten, frightening, frightened, frightful, fear. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Fright” comes from Old English “fyrhtu” or “fyrhto,” meaning sudden terror or fear. It is related to the word “afraid” and has been used in English for over a thousand years to describe both the feeling of fear and the act of causing fear.

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