Affright
[ә'frait]
Definition
(v. t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
(p. a.) Affrighted.
(n.) Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
(n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Frighten, terrify, alarm, scare, daunt, appall, dismay, fright, intimidate, startle, overawe, put in fear.
n. Terror, fear, fright, alarm, dismay, consternation, panic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Startle, astonish, terrify, alarm, dismay, cow, frighten, scare
ANT:Encourage, embolden, reassure
Editor: Melinda
Definition
v.t. to frighten—also Affright′en.—n. Affright′ sudden terror.—pa.p. Affright′ed frightened.—adv. Affright′edly.—adj. Affright′ful (arch.).—n. Affright′ment sudden fear.
Checker: Mario
Examples
- My poor sister looked at the counsellor with affright. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was up from the truckle-bed directly, wildly feeling about her for her basket, and gazing at him in affright. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All these shews of despair struck Perdita with affright. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their spectres will sometimes attend you, and affright even your innocent children. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There is a dread, unhallowed necromancy of evil, that turns things sweetest and holiest to phantoms of horror and affright. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Margaret had resolved not to mention the crowning and closing affright to her father. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Such incursions struck the English with affright, in all those towns where there was still sufficient population to feel the change. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They stood in little groups, talking in low tones, and ever casting affrighted glances behind them from their great rolling eyes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A dream had scarcely approached my ear, when it fled affrighted, scared by a marrow-freezing incident enough. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The woman was under apprehensions of the dry old man, for she whisked her apron away as he approached, and disclosed a pale affrighted face. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her little fingers fastened on his arm; she spoke and looked affrighted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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