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affright
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Affright
(gcide) | Affright \Af*fright"\, n.
1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger
impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than
terror.
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He looks behind him with affright, and forward with
despair. --Goldsmith.
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2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object
of dread. --B. Jonson.
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Affright
(gcide) | Affright \Af*fright"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS.
[=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig.
meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
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Dreams affright our souls. --Shak.
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A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
--Milton.
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Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare;
startle; daunt; intimidate.
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Affright
(gcide) | Affright \Af*fright"\, p. a.
Affrighted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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affright
(wn) | affright
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic,
terror, affright]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn:
frighten, fright, scare, affright] |
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affright
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Affrighted
(gcide) | Affright \Af*fright"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS.
[=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig.
meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
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Dreams affright our souls. --Shak.
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A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
--Milton.
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Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare;
startle; daunt; intimidate.
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Affrightedly
(gcide) | Affrightedly \Af*fright"ed*ly\, adv.
With fright. --Drayton.
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Affrighten
(gcide) | Affrighten \Af*fright"en\, v. t.
To frighten. [Archaic] "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes."
--Southey.
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Affrighter
(gcide) | Affrighter \Af*fright"er\, n.
One who frightens. [Archaic]
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Affrightful
(gcide) | Affrightful \Af*fright"ful\, a.
Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]
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Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. --Cudworth.
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Affrightfully
(gcide) | Affrightful \Af*fright"ful\, a.
Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]
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Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. --Cudworth.
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Affrighting
(gcide) | Affright \Af*fright"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS.
[=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig.
meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
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Dreams affright our souls. --Shak.
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A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
--Milton.
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Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare;
startle; daunt; intimidate.
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Affrightment
(gcide) | Affrightment \Af*fright"ment\, n.
Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or
alarm. [Archaic]
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Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind
with terror and affrightment. --Locke.
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Self-affrighted
(gcide) | Self-affrighted \Self`-af*fright"ed\, a.
Frightened at or by one's self. --Shak.
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Unaffrighted
(gcide) | Unaffrighted \Unaffrighted\
See affrighted. |
affright
(wn) | affright
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic,
terror, affright]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn:
frighten, fright, scare, affright] |
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