Affright

//əˈfɹaɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    cause fear in wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.

Etymology 2

From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.

Etymology 3

From Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of āfyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).

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