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looked a fright

looked a fright is the simple past and past participle of look a fright.

Meaning of look a fright

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.

Questions about looked a fright

What is looked a fright the simple past and past participle of?
Looked a fright is the simple past and past participle of look a fright.

Words near looked a fright in the dictionary

  1. lookdev
  2. lookdown
  3. lookdowns
  4. looke
  5. looked
  6. looked a fright
  7. looked after
  8. looked ahead
  9. looked ahead to
  10. looked alike
  11. looked alive

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