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Definition of Frighting
1. fright [v] - See also: fright
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frighting
Literary usage of Frighting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Death of the Merry Deuill of Edmonton: With the Pleasant Pranks by T. B. (Thomas Brewer), Anthony Brewer (1819)
"... presuming upon his courage after this exploite (frighting these supposed
spirits), would needs go the next euening againe a deere stealing, ..."
2. Romances and Narratives by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"Ay, but, son, it is not alarming us when we ought not to be alarmed, or frighting
us without cause. Son. Well, madam, I will not oppose your cautions. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1904)
"Two others habitually have sad day dreams and in both of these cases the health
was reported below normal. F., 12%. When they are nice and not frighting I ..."
4. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1906)
"Death SUNK eyes, cold lips, chaps fall'n, cheeks pale and wan, Are only bugbears
falsely frighting man: This is the vizard, not death's proper face ..."
5. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"When they are nice and not frighting I enjoy them, but when they are horrible
and frighting I do not like them. F., 13. My dreams are most often different, ..."
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