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Affright
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- 1 afraid; terrified; frightened
"So that thou shalt not need I say, to feare or be affright, of all the shafts that Hie by day, nor terrours of the night."
- 1 Great fear, terror, fright. archaic, countable, uncountable
"No one for a moment dreamed of the possible occurrence of any thing in the course of a few hours which would fill every mind with horror, and cause even the dark-hearted Martina to tremble with affright."
- 2 an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety wordnet
- 1 To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify. archaic, transitive
"VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo."
- 2 cause fear in wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.
From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.
From Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of āfyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).
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