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look a fright

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
look a fright
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To look terrible, to look very dishevelled.

Dated; Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

looks a fright (present, singular) looking a fright (participle, present) looked a fright (participle, past) looked a fright (past)

Phrases

look like something the cat dragged in

Frequently Paired Words

look like something the cat dragged in

Questions

What does look a fright mean?
To look terrible, to look very dishevelled.

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