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Definition of Affright
1. Noun. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
Generic synonyms: Fear, Fearfulness, Fright
Specialized synonyms: Swivet
Derivative terms: Panic, Panic, Panicky, Terrify, Terrorise, Terrorise, Terrorist, Terrorize, Terrorize
2. Verb. Cause fear in. "The bad news will affright him"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
Specialized synonyms: Bluff, Awe, Terrify, Terrorise, Terrorize, Intimidate, Alarm, Appal, Appall, Dismay, Horrify, Consternate, Spook
Generic synonyms: Excite, Shake, Shake Up, Stimulate, Stir
Causes: Dread, Fear
Derivative terms: Fright, Frightening, Scare, Scarer
Also: Frighten Away, Frighten Off
Definition of Affright
1. v. t. To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
2. p. a. Affrighted.
3. n. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
Definition of Affright
1. Noun. great fear, terror, fright ¹
2. Verb. to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affright
1. to frighten [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: frighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affright
Literary usage of Affright
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... ne vite " And so far forth death's terror doth affright, He makes away himself,
and hate» the ..."
2. The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1897)
"Me shall the phantom months no more affright. For heaven's gates to open, well
waits he Who keeps himself the key. ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... But when this unexpected foe Seemed starting from the gulf below, — I care
not though the truth I show, — I trembled with affright; And as I placed in ..."
4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... the city into affright, that they may shadow their own with the common fear.
And this may the reports do at this time, not raised by chance, ..."
5. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... mingled curiosity and affright. Architect of his own fortune. The familiar
proverb, Every man is the architect of his own fortune, is found in most ..."
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