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fright
noun as in extreme apprehension
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Example Sentences
Investors took fright that the deficit will spiral out of control and were mollified somewhat Friday morning when Britain’s Treasury leaked that rosier economic forecasts might leave her with a smaller budget gap.
Markets have swung from euphoria to fright in the space of barely a week but it’s not clear that the fundamental dynamics of the U.S. economy or corporate profits have altered all that much.
It's fright night in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom!
In a memoir, “Don’t Block the Blessings,” LaBelle credits Brown for curing her stage fright.
The Fed delivered the expected cut to interest rates but it came accompanied with a bit of an unexpected fright from Powell—a warning not to count on another cut in December.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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