Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fright
Participle: frighted
Gerund: frighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fright |
| you | fright |
| he;she;it | frights |
| we | fright |
| you | fright |
| they | fright |
Perfect
| I | have frighted |
| you | have frighted |
| he;she;it | has frighted |
| we | have frighted |
| you | have frighted |
| they | have frighted |
Past
| I | frighted |
| you | frighted |
| he;she;it | frighted |
| we | frighted |
| you | frighted |
| they | frighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had frighted |
| you | had frighted |
| he;she;it | had frighted |
| we | had frighted |
| you | had frighted |
| they | had frighted |
Future
| I | will fright |
| you | will fright |
| he;she;it | will fright |
| we | will fright |
| you | will fright |
| they | will fright |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frighted |
| you | will have frighted |
| he;she;it | will have frighted |
| we | will have frighted |
| you | will have frighted |
| they | will have frighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fright |
| you | fright |
| he;she;it | fright |
| we | fright |
| you | fright |
| they | fright |
Perfect
| I | have frighted |
| you | have frighted |
| he;she;it | have frighted |
| we | have frighted |
| you | have frighted |
| they | have frighted |
Imperfect
| I | frighted |
| you | frighted |
| he;she;it | frighted |
| we | frighted |
| you | frighted |
| they | frighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had frighted |
| you | had frighted |
| he;she;it | had frighted |
| we | had frighted |
| you | had frighted |
| they | had frighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fright |
| you | would fright |
| he;she;it | would fright |
| we | would fright |
| you | would fright |
| they | would fright |
Perfect
| I | would have frighted |
| you | would have frighted |
| he;she;it | would have frighted |
| we | would have frighted |
| you | would have frighted |
| they | would have frighted |
Imperative
| you | fright |
| we | Let's fright |
| you | fright |
Verbs conjugated like 'fright'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fright'
aright,
bright,
eright,
fight,
flight,
freight,
right,
wright,
adight,
affright,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- (“to fear”).
2. Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”). See: Scots '
fricht'.
Sample Sentences
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Are not you he […] That frights the maidens of the villagery […] ? [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:]
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Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away. [1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23:]
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A very fine situation was proposed to him, where he might have a noble view of the ocean; but he started back, with an attitude of terror Betterton might envy, when Hamlet meets his father's ghost, and cried out,—"Oh, Christ! the sea looks so fierce that it frights me! [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith. Courtiers.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 263:]