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frightment

frightment noun: fear, the feeling of being afraid.

Noun

frightment

  1. (obsolete) fear, the feeling of being afraid
  2. terror, something frightening
    • All these frightments are but idle dreames.1604 (first performance), Tho[mas] Dekker; Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], West-ward Hoe. […], London: […] [William Jaggard], and to be sold by Iohn Hodgets […], published 1607, →OCLC, (please...

Origin of frightment

From fright + -ment.

Questions about frightment

What does frightment mean?
Frightment means fear, the feeling of being afraid.
What part of speech is frightment?
Frightment is a noun.

Words near frightment in the dictionary

  1. frightings
  2. frightless
  3. frightly
  4. frightmare
  5. frightmares
  6. frightment
  7. frights
  8. frightsome
  9. frightsomely
  10. frightsomeness
  11. frighty

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