Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 65
Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. -- Dryden.
Syn: To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate.
Fright (n.) An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) [syn: fear, fearfulness, fright] [ant: bravery, fearlessness].
Fright (v.) Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn: frighten, fright, scare, affright].
Frightened (imp.) of Frighten.
Frightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frighten.
Frighten (v. t.) To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
Frightened (a.) (B1) 害怕的，受驚的 Feeling fear or worry.
// She gets frightened when he shouts at her.
// The police officer found a frightened child in the hut.
// Are you frightened of spiders?
// I was frightened (that) you would fall.
// Don't be frightened to complain if the service is bad.
Frightening (a.) 令人驚嚇的；令人恐懼的；使人驚嚇的 Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific}, {terrible}].
Frightening (n.) The act of inspiring with fear [syn: {terrorization}, {terrorisation}, {frightening}].
Frightful (a.) Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.]
See how the frightful herds run from the wood. -- W. Browne.
Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
Syn: Terrible; dreadful; alarming; fearful; terrific; awful; horrid; horrible; shocking.
Usage: Frightful, Dreadful, Awful. These words all express fear. In frightful, it is a sudden emotion; in dreadful, it is deeper and more prolonged; in awful, the fear is mingled with the emotion of awe, which subdues us before the presence of some invisible power. An accident may be frightful; the approach of death is dreadful to most men; the convulsions of the earthquake are awful.
Frightful (a.) Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible" -- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly].
Frightful (a.) Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn: frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous].
Frightful (a.) Extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake" [syn: fearful, frightful].
Frightfully (adv.) In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
Frightfully (adv.) Used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully].
Frightfulness (n.) 可怕，令人毛骨悚然 The quality of being frightful.
Frightless (a.) 不怕的，無畏的；大膽的 Free from fright; fearless. [Obs.]
Frightment (n.) Fear; terror. [Obs.]
Frigid (a.) 寒冷的，嚴寒的；冷淡的；呆板的 Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
Frigid (a.) Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service.
Frigid (a.) Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. -- Johnson.
{Frigid zone}, That part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23? 28? from the pole. See the Note under {Arctic}.
Frigid (a.) Sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" [syn: {cold}, {frigid}].
Frigid (a.) Extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" [syn: {arctic}, {frigid}, {gelid}, {glacial}, {icy}, {polar}].
Frigid (a.) Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: {frigid}, {frosty}, {frozen}, {glacial}, {icy}, {wintry}].
Frigid (a.) Very cold in temperature.
‘Frigid water.’
Frigid (a.) (Especially of a woman) Unable or unwilling to be sexually aroused and responsive.
‘My ex told everyone I was frigid.’
Frigid (a.) Stiff or formal in behaviour or style.
‘The frigid elegance of the new Opera Bastille.’
Frigidaria (n. pl. ) of Frigidarium.
Frigidarium (n.) The cooling room of the Roman thermae, furnished with a cold bath.
Prigidity (n.) The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.
Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc.
Prigidity (n.) Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.
Frigidly (adv.) In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.
Frigidness (n.) The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.
Frigorific (a.) Alt. of Frigorifical.
Frigorifical (a.) Causing cold; producing or generating cold.
Frilled (imp. & p. p.) of Frill.
Frilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frill.
Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. -- Johnson.
Frill (v. i.) (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
Frill (v. t.) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
Frill (n.) (Zool.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.
Frill (v. i.) (Zool.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal.
Frill (v. i.) (Zool.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.
Frill (v. i.) (Zool.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
Frill (v. i.) (Zool.) A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.
Frilled (a.) Furnished with a frill or frills.
Frim (a.) Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous.
Frimaire (n.) The third month of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendemiaire.
Fringe (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.
Fringe (n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
The confines of grace and the fringes of repentance. -- Jer. Taylor.
Fringe (n.) (Opt.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.
Fringe (n.) (Bot.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.
Fringed (imp. & p. p.) of Fringe.
Fringing (p. pr. & vb. a.) of Fringe.
Fringe (v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
Precipices fringed with grass. -- Bryant.
Fringing reef. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
Fringe (n.) The outside boundary or surface of something [syn: periphery, fringe, outer boundary].
Fringe (n.) A part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: outskirt, fringe].
Fringe (n.) One of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light [syn: fringe, interference fringe].
Fringe (n.) A social group holding marginal or extreme views; "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times."
Fringe (n.) A border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead [syn: bang, fringe].
Fringe (n.) An ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels.
Fringe (v.) Adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf."
Fringe (v.) Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress."
Fringe, () C. Katz, GE, 1961. Subcomponent of GE-255 GECOM system.
Sorting and merging of data, reports and file maintenance.
Fringed (a.) Furnished with a fringe.
Fringed lear (Bot.), A leaf edged with soft parallel hairs.
Fringed (a.) Surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination; "a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area"; "a grass-fringed stream."
Fringed (a.) Having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips.
Fringed (a.) Having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf" [syn: fringed, laciniate].
Fringeless (a.) Having no fringe.
Fringent (a.) Encircling like a fringe; bordering.
Fringilla (a.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
Fringillaceous (a.) Fringilline.
Fringilline (a.) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.
Fringy (a.) Aborned with fringes.
Fripper (n.) One who deals in frippery or in old clothes.
Fripperer (n.) A fripper.
Frippery (n.) Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Frippery (n.) Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Fond of gauze and French frippery. -- Goldsmith.
The gauzy frippery of a French translation. -- Sir W. Scott.
Frippery (n.) A place where old clothes are sold. -- Shak.
Frippery (n.) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Frippery (a.) Trifling; contemptible.
Frippery (n.) Something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity].
Friseur' (n.) A hairdresser.
Frisian (a.) Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.
Frisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.
Frisian (a.) Of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia.
Frisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia.
Frisian (n.) A West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English.
Frisk (a.) Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Frisk (a.) A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. -- Johnson.
Frisked (imp. & p. p.) of Frisk.
Frisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frisk.
Frisk (v. i.) To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. -- Addison.
Frisk (v. t.) To search (a person) for concealed weapons or other objects, by patting the clothing to detect objects underneath; as, the police pulled the car over and frisked the occupants.
Syn: frisk.
Frisk (n.) The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk" [syn: frisk, frisking].
Frisk (v.) Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about].
Frisk (v.) Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport."
Friskal (n.) A leap or caper. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. -- Camden.
Frisket (n.) (Print.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
Friskful (a.) Brisk; lively; frolicsome.
Friskily' (adv.) In a frisky manner.
Friskily (adv.) In a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age."
Friskiness (n.) State or quality of being frisky.
Friskiness (n.) Lively high-spirited playfulness [syn: friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness].
Frisky (a.) 活躍的；愛戲鬧的 Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.
He is too frisky for an old man. -- Jeffrey.
Frisky (a.) Playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky].
Frislet (n.) A kind of small ruffle.
Frist (v. t.) To sell upon credit, as goods.
Frisure (n.) The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling.
Frit (v. t.) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients.
Frit (v. t.) The material for glaze of pottery.
Fritted (imp. & p. p.) of Frit.
Fritting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frit.
Frit (v. t.) To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
Frit (v. t.) To fritter; -- with away.
Frith (n.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
Frith (n.) A kind of weir for catching fish.
Frith (a.) A forest; a woody place.
Frith (a.) A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.
Frithy (a.) Woody.
Fritillaria (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.
Fritillary (n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
Fritillary (n.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.
Fritinancy (n.) A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket.
Fritter (v. t.) A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.
Fritter (v. t.) A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
And cut whole giants into fritters. -- Hudibras.
Corn fritter. See under Corn.
Frittered (imp. & p. p.) of Fritter.
Frittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fritter.
Fritter (v. t.) To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
Fritter (v. t.) To break into small pieces or fragments.
Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. -- Pope.
To fritter away, To diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.
Fritter (n.) Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables.
Fritter (v.) Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away].
Fritting (n.) The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.
Frivolism (n.) Frivolity. [R.] -- Pristley.
Frivolities (n. pl. ) of Frivolity.
Frivolity (n.) The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
Frivolity (n.) The trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible [syn: frivolity, frivolousness] [ant: earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity].
Frivolity (n.) Something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity].
Frivolity (n.) Acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank].
Frivolous (a.) Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. -- Swift.