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affright

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As a noun, affright means an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. As a verb, it means cause fear in.

Meanings of affright

5 meanings

noun

  1. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxietyfeeling

    Similar: panic, terror
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicGreat fear, terror, fright.

verb

  1. Cause fear in

    “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

    “Ghosts could never affright her”

    Similar: frighten, fright, scare
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicTo inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.

adjective

  1. Afraid; terrified; frightened

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
panicterror
verb: cause fear in
frightenfrightscare

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