Affrighted
[ə'fraɪt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Affright
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To dream that you are affrighted, foretells that you will sustain an injury through an accident. See Agony. To see others affrighted, brings you close to misery and distressing scenes. Dreams of this nature are frequently caused by nervous and feverish conditions, either from malaria or excitement. When such is the case, the dreamer is warned to take immediate steps to remove the cause. Such dreams or reveries only occur when sleep is disturbed.
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Examples
- 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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