fright
/frʌɪt/
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American sound/frʌɪt/
fright
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US voice -> fright
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်း။
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၁။ (က) [U] လန့်ဖျပ်ခြင်း။ လန့်ခြင်း။ trembling with fright. See also STAGE FRIGHT
(ခ) [C usu sing ] လန့်ခြင်း။ ထိတ်ခြင်း။ You gave me (quite) a fright creeping up behind me like that. ❍ I got the fright of my life (ie I was extremely frightened).
၂။ [C usu sing ] (infml ) ကိုးရိုးကားရားနိုင်ခြင်း။ ကြည့်ရဆိုးခြင်း။ She thinks that dress is pretty — I think she looks a fright in it.
❏ take fright (at sth) [IDM ] လန့်ဖျပ်သည်။ ထိတ်လန့်သည်။ The animals took fright at the sound of the gun. ❍ The financial markets are taking fright at the prospect of a change of government.
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fear, terror, anxiety, foreboding, dread, scare, start, panic, affright, alarm, bother, cold sweat, consternation, dismay, dragoon, dragoons, extreme apprehension, eyesore, frump, give a turn, heart attack, horror, make jump, mess, monstrosity, nuisance, quaking, scare stiff, scare the pants off of, scare to death, scarecrow, scared stiff, scared to death, seizure, shiver, shock, spring on, spring something on, startle, strike fear into, strike terror into, strong arm, take aback, terrify, terrorize, trepidation, trepidity, turn, ugliness
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