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speech fright

speech fright noun: the fear of speaking in public, especially of giving speech presentations.

Noun

speech fright (countable and uncountable, plural speech frights)

  1. (uncountable) The fear of speaking in public, especially of giving speech presentations.
    • Do you know how Winston Churchill cured himself of speechfright? Yes, he used lo have it, just like most of us.1958, Electrical West, volume 120, page 8
  2. (countable, rare) A frightful incident brought about by one's fear of public speaking.

Forms of speech fright

pluralspeech frights
alternative formspeech-fright
alternative formspeechfright

Origin of speech fright

From speech + fright.

Questions about speech fright

What does speech fright mean?
Speech fright means the fear of speaking in public, especially of giving speech presentations.
What part of speech is speech fright?
Speech fright is a noun.
What is the plural of speech fright?
The plural of speech fright is speech frights.

Words near speech fright in the dictionary

  1. speech days
  2. speech disfluencies
  3. speech disfluency
  4. speech disorder
  5. speech disorders
  6. speech fright
  7. speech from the throne
  8. speech impediment
  9. speech impediments
  10. speech is silver, but silence is golden
  11. speech is silver, silence is gold

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