different between fright vs cowardice
fright
English
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: fr?t, IPA(key): /f?a?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- (Canada, Northern US) IPA(key): /f??it/
Etymology 1
From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furht?? (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?k- (“to fear”).
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 ???????????????????????????????? (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).
Noun
fright (countable and uncountable, plural frights)
- A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- Her maids were old, and if she took a new one,
- You might be sure she was a perfect fright;
- She did this during even her husband's life
- I recommend as much to every wife.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fright (third-person singular simple present frights, present participle frighting, simple past and past participle frighted)
- (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
Derived terms
- befright
Etymology 2
Probably short for affright, from Middle English afright, from Old English ?fyrht, past participle of ?fyrhtan (“to make afraid; terrify”).
Adjective
fright (comparative more fright, superlative most fright)
- (rare) frightened; afraid; affright
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
fright
- Alternative form of frith
References
- “frith, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 2
From Old English fryhtu, from earlier fyrhtu, from Proto-Germanic *furht??.
Alternative forms
- fri?t, freyhte, fyrht, furht, frigt, fry?t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?frixt(?)/, [?friçt(?)]
Noun
fright (plural *frightes)
- A fright or scare.
Related terms
- frighten
- frightful (rare)
- frighti (rare)
- frightly (rare)
Descendants
- English: fright
- Scots: fricht
References
- “fright, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
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cowardice
English
Etymology
From Middle English cowardise, from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kou??rd?s, IPA(key): /?ka??d?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ka??d?s/
Noun
cowardice (countable and uncountable, plural cowardices)
- Lack of courage.
Synonyms
- cowardliness
- cowardness
- cowardship
Related terms
- coward
- cowardly
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