2. Verb. (past of affright) ¹
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Definition of Affrighted
1. affright [v] - See also: affright
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affrighted
Literary usage of Affrighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1821)
"A gentleman in Ly- mosen (saith Anthony Verdeur), was perswaded he had but one
legg : affrighted by a wild boar, that by chance stroke him on the legg, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... who were ambitious of lying at the feet of their bishop ; and the priests of
Apollo retired, with their affrighted and indignant votaries. ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Each straggling felon down was hewed, Not one could gain the sheltering wood;
But forth the affrighted harper sprung, ..."
4. A Commentary, Critical, Expository and Practical, on the Gospels of Matthew by John Jason Owen (1857)
"6 ' And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted : ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, ...
They were affrighted, as was natural, at sight of so resplendent a personage. ..."
5. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1807)
"... Who then affrighted with their bloody looks, Ran fearfully among the trembling
reeds, ... affrighted ..."
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