affright
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affright¹
- /əˈfɹaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.
noun affrights
- Great fear, terror, fright. 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.
verb affrights · affrighting · affrighted
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To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
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.
Similar: alarm, affright, appall, dismay, fray, frighten, grill, give someone the shits, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold, mortify
affright²
- /əˈfɹaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of āfyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).
adjective more affright · most affright · afright
- 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.
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