Meanings
alternative stagefright · alternative stage-fright
- uncountableA state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.
I got stage fright while doing a dance show for my school last year.
2 more examples
I did some guest-speaking at the middle school last year, and I experienced some stage fright before and during my first presentation.
It is a very good training, and ofttimes will cure one of camera-fright, which is the silent sister to stage-fright.
1914, Motion Picture Classic, volumes 3-4, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of paruresis.
Origin
Translations
Arabic رَهَاب المَسْرَح
- رَهَاب المَسْرَح (rahāb al-masraḥ)state of nervousness about performing
Chinese Mandarin 怯場 /怯场
- 怯場 /怯场 (qièchǎng)state of nervousness about performing
Czech tréma
- trémastate of nervousness about performing
Danish sceneskræk, lampefeber
- sceneskrækstate of nervousness about performing
- lampefeberstate of nervousness about performing
Dutch plankenkoorts
- plankenkoortsstate of nervousness about performing
Esperanto kulistimo
- kulistimostate of nervousness about performing
Estonian esinemishirm, glossofoobia
- esinemishirmstate of nervousness about performing
- glossofoobiastate of nervousness about performing
Finnish ramppikuume, esiintymiskuume
- ramppikuumestate of nervousness about performing
- esiintymiskuumestate of nervousness about performing
French trac
- tracstate of nervousness about performing
German Lampenfieber, Rampenfieber
- Lampenfieberstate of nervousness about performing
- Rampenfieberstate of nervousness about performing
Greek άγχος
- άγχος (ánchos)state of nervousness about performing
Hungarian lámpaláz
- lámpalázstate of nervousness about performing
Icelandic sviðsskrekkur
- sviðsskrekkurstate of nervousness about performing
Indonesian demam panggung
- demam panggungstate of nervousness about performing
Irish scéin stáitse
- scéin stáitsestate of nervousness about performing
Japanese 舞台負け
- 舞台負けstate of nervousness about performing
Korean 무대공포증
- 무대공포증 (mudaegongpojeung)state of nervousness about performing
Māori hanepī
- hanepīstate of nervousness about performing
Norwegian sceneskrekk
- sceneskrekkstate of nervousness about performing
Polish trema
- tremastate of nervousness about performing
Portuguese medo de palco
- medo de palcostate of nervousness about performing
Romanian trac
- tracstate of nervousness about performing
Russian страх сце́ны, боя́знь сце́ны
- страх сце́ны (strax scény)state of nervousness about performing
- боя́знь сце́ны (bojáznʹ scény)state of nervousness about performing
Scottish Gaelic ireapais
- ireapaisstate of nervousness about performing
Slovak tréma
- trémastate of nervousness about performing
Spanish miedo escénico, pánico de tarima
- miedo escénicostate of nervousness about performing
- pánico de tarimastate of nervousness about performing
Swedish scenskräck, rampfeber
- scenskräckstate of nervousness about performing
- rampfeberstate of nervousness about performing
Turkish sahne heyecanı, sahne korkusu
- sahne heyecanıstate of nervousness about performing
- sahne korkusustate of nervousness about performing
Ukrainian сценічне хвилювання, сценофобія
- сценічне хвилювання (scenične xvyljuvannja)state of nervousness about performing
- сценофобія (scenofobija)state of nervousness about performing
Cite this entry
stage fright. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20fright
“stage fright.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20fright. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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