different between fright vs trepidation
fright
English
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: fr?t, IPA(key): /f?a?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- (Canada, Northern US) IPA(key): /f??it/
Etymology 1
From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furht?? (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?k- (“to fear”).
Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).
Noun
fright (countable and uncountable, plural frights)
- A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- Her maids were old, and if she took a new one,
- You might be sure she was a perfect fright;
- She did this during even her husband's life
- I recommend as much to every wife.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fright (third-person singular simple present frights, present participle frighting, simple past and past participle frighted)
- (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
Derived terms
- befright
Etymology 2
Probably short for affright, from Middle English afright, from Old English ?fyrht, past participle of ?fyrhtan (“to make afraid; terrify”).
Adjective
fright (comparative more fright, superlative most fright)
- (rare) frightened; afraid; affright
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
fright
- Alternative form of frith
References
- “frith, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Etymology 2
From Old English fryhtu, from earlier fyrhtu, from Proto-Germanic *furht??.
Alternative forms
- fri?t, freyhte, fyrht, furht, frigt, fry?t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?frixt(?)/, [?friçt(?)]
Noun
fright (plural *frightes)
- A fright or scare.
Related terms
- frighten
- frightful (rare)
- frighti (rare)
- frightly (rare)
Descendants
- English: fright
- Scots: fricht
References
- “fright, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
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trepidation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trepid?ti?, from trepid? (“be agitated”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?t??p.??de?.??n/
Noun
trepidation (countable and uncountable, plural trepidations)
- A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.
- Synonyms: agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi
- She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
- An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
- (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
Related terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “trepidation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- departition, partitioned
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