Definition of Frighting

1. Verb. (present participle of fright) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frighting

1. fright [v] - See also: fright

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frighting

frighten away
frighten off
frightened
frightener
frighteners
frightening
frighteningly
frightens
frightful
frightfull
frightfuller
frightfully
frightfulness
frightfulnesses
frightihead
frighting
frightless
frightment
frights
frightsome
frighty
frigid zone
frigidaire
frigidaires
frigidaria
frigidarium
frigider
frigidest
frigidities

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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