frights
Jolts of alarm
Frights is the plural of fright—sudden intense fear or alarm.
The word often appears in the phrase a case of the frights, describing nervous anxiety.
Stage fright becomes stage frights when referring to multiple episodes.
A fright can also be something that causes fear, or informally, a person or thing of ridiculous appearance: She looked a fright in that outfit.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
shock · scare · startle · jolt · jump · shudder · tremble · gasp
Recurring unconscious repose
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- darknessTotal absence of light
visions · subconscious · insomnia · REM · torment · recurring · childhood · paralysis
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- goreGraphic bloody violence
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
sinister · hideous · diabolical · eldritch · nightmarish · creepy · disturbing · terrifying
Spirits of the deceased
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
- poltergeistsObject-throwing supernatural entities
spirits · hauntings · seances · paranormal · eerie · spooky · chilling · cursed
Carnival attraction with illusions
- HalloweenOctober 31st festival
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- trick-or-treatHalloween candy solicitation
- jump-scaresSudden frightening surprises
hayrides · mazes · props · screams · thrills · attractions · tours · actors
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
horror · shock · scare · startle · jolt · jump · shudder · tremble · gasp · scream
sleep
Recurring unconscious repose
darkness · visions · subconscious · insomnia · REM · torment · recurring · childhood · paralysis · dread
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
grotesque · sinister · hideous · diabolical · eldritch · nightmarish · creepy · disturbing · terrifying · bloodcurdling
ghosts
Spirits of the deceased
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
poltergeists · spirits · hauntings · seances · paranormal · eerie · spooky · chilling · cursed · possessed
funhouse
Carnival attraction with illusions
- HalloweenOctober 31st festival
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- trick-or-treatHalloween candy solicitation
jump-scares · hayrides · mazes · props · screams · thrills · attractions · tours · actors · makeup
- scaresscares, chillers, shockers, horror movies, horror films
- night terrorsnightmares, bogeymen, sleep paralysis, ghosts, phantoms
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted
frightscalms
Reduces agitation
tranquilities · serenities · comforts · composures · peaces
- stage frightFear of performing publicly
- fright wigComically disheveled hairpiece
- take frightBecome suddenly afraid
- fright festCelebration of scary entertainment
- night frightsAlarming episodes during sleep
- frighten the piss out ofScare very badly
fright, frighten, frightening, frightened, frightful, frightfully, frightfulness