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look a fright

look a fright verb: to look terrible, to look very dishevelled.

Verb

look a fright (third-person singular simple present looks a fright, present participle looking a fright, simple past and past participle looked a fright)

  1. (dated, informal) To look terrible, to look very dishevelled.

Forms of look a fright

third-person singular presentlooks a fright
present participlelooking a fright
past participlelooked a fright
pastlooked a fright

Questions about look a fright

What does look a fright mean?
Look a fright means to look terrible, to look very dishevelled.
What part of speech is look a fright?
Look a fright is a verb.
What is the past tense of look a fright?
The past tense of look a fright is looked a fright.

Words near look a fright in the dictionary

  1. LOOGYs
  2. looie
  3. looies
  4. looing
  5. look
  6. look a fright
  7. look a like
  8. look after
  9. look ahead
  10. look ahead to
  11. look ahere

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