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Recent Examples of fright wig
The East Coast parades were raucous affairs with participants including a shock rock band in two-foot fright wigs and neon body paint performing from a flatbed truck.
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Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
This is what we’ve been told time and again, in movies and TV shows from Mommie Dearest and Carrie to Mad Men and The Sopranos, where the mother monster shows up in all her pill-popping, guilt-tripping, fright wig-wearing splendor to wreak havoc on her innocent children’s—and our—psyches.
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Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
And definitely not Viola Davis devouring the coldly futuristic scenery as a malevolent doctor with a fright wig, one piercing ice-blue eye and Drag Race-strength makeup, cooking up increasingly cruel torments to unleash on the games’ hapless contestants.
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David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Nov. 2023
As the melancholy philosopher Jaques, Trish Lindström, in a Warhol fright wig and glasses, is a fusion of Eeyore and Tigger, popping up from time to time to drop some gloom on the amused forest denizens.
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Jim Higgins,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2022
Or fresh-cut strawberries covered in a thin layer of cream or even elotes loco, the popular street snack that puts a fright wig of condiments on a humble ear of corn.
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Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2021
Juan Perón in an orange fright wig.
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Nicholas Lemann,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2020
Sporting a fright wig, a feather boa, and a baggy dress (designed to obscure her svelte figure), Diller was unabashedly outlandish.
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Chloe Foussianes,
Town & Country,
16 Dec. 2018
The dress code for leaders in Lake Forest seems to include red noses, fright wigs and oversized shoes.
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Mike Mulligan,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Dec. 2017
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
This is what we’ve been told time and again, in movies and TV shows from Mommie Dearest and Carrie to Mad Men and The Sopranos, where the mother monster shows up in all her pill-popping, guilt-tripping, fright wig-wearing splendor to wreak havoc on her innocent children’s—and our—psyches.
—
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
And definitely not Viola Davis devouring the coldly futuristic scenery as a malevolent doctor with a fright wig, one piercing ice-blue eye and Drag Race-strength makeup, cooking up increasingly cruel torments to unleash on the games’ hapless contestants.
—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Nov. 2023
As the melancholy philosopher Jaques, Trish Lindström, in a Warhol fright wig and glasses, is a fusion of Eeyore and Tigger, popping up from time to time to drop some gloom on the amused forest denizens.
—
Jim Higgins,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2022
Or fresh-cut strawberries covered in a thin layer of cream or even elotes loco, the popular street snack that puts a fright wig of condiments on a humble ear of corn.
—
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2021
Juan Perón in an orange fright wig.
—
Nicholas Lemann,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2020
Sporting a fright wig, a feather boa, and a baggy dress (designed to obscure her svelte figure), Diller was unabashedly outlandish.
—
Chloe Foussianes,
Town & Country,
16 Dec. 2018
The dress code for leaders in Lake Forest seems to include red noses, fright wigs and oversized shoes.
—
Mike Mulligan,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fright wig
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New Delhi is seen as a laggard in the global AI race and, by extension, in the physical AI space.
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There is no reason this morning in Venezuela should not be a lavish extension of that.
Noun
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These walls, activated by shooting a switch, permanently block pathways for the remainder of the round, dynamically altering gameplay.
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And perhaps most significantly Iran has discovered this new muscle, the use of turning the Strait on and off with the flip of a switch.
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“Fright wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fright%20wig. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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