Dictionary entry

Fright

Pronunciation: /frʌɪt/

Pronunciation

/frʌɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်း။

Definition

fright / fraÇt / n ၁။ (က) [U] လန္႔ဖ်ပ္ျခင္း။ လန္႔ျခင္း။ trembling with fright. See also STAGE FRIGHT (ခ) [C usu sing ] လန္႔ျခင္း။ ထိတ္ျခင္း။ 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 ) ကိုး႐ိုးကားရားႏိုင္ျခင္း။ ၾကည့္ရဆိုးျခင္း။ She thinks that dress is pretty — I think she looks a fright in it. ❏ take fright (at sth) [ IDM ] လန္႔ဖ်ပ္သည္။ ထိတ္လန္႔သည္။ The animals took fright at the sound of the gun. ❍ The financial markets are taking fright at the prospect of a change of government.

Examples

  1. I got such a fright when Joe burst through the door.
  2. Sorry
  3. I didn’t mean to give you a fright.
  4. I nearly died of fright when I heard his voice behind me.