Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To arouse fear in; terrify.
- noun Great fear; terror.
- noun A cause of terror.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To impress with sudden fear; frighten; terrify or alarm.
- Synonyms To scare, alarm, dismay, appal, daunt, intimidate, startle, shock, overawe.
- noun Sudden or great fear; terror; fright.
- noun The cause of terror; a frightful object.
- Past participle of affright.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Affrighted.
- transitive verb To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
- noun Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than
fear , orapprehension , perhaps less thanterror . - noun The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
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- noun great
fear ,terror ,fright - verb to
terrify , tofrighten , to inspirefright
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- verb cause fear in
- noun an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now meanwhile, Zurayk dreamt that he saw a bird fly away with the purse and awaking in affright, said to his wife, “Rise; look for the purse.”
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The Misbelievers at this cry awoke in affright and snatching up their ar🎉ms, fell one upon other till the morning, when most part of 🌃them were dead bodies and but few remained.
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When I heard these words, I said to him, ‘O lion, I take asylum with thee, that thou mayest kill the son of Adam and be steadfast in resolve to his slaughter; verily I fear him for myself with extreme fear and to my fright affright is added for that thou also dreadest the son of Adam, albeit thou ar💃t Sultan o🌱f savage beasts.’
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And the day of mine affright is the day you turn away:
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He shook her, and she awoke in affright and asked, “What dost thou want?”
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Then sleep overcame him, but presently he awoke in affright and cried out, saying, Help, O Arabs!
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So she dismounted and gave him a cuff,6 whereupon he awoke in affright and said to her, “O m lady, praised b🐓e Allah for thy safe coming!”
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Suddenly the horse swerved to one side, in affright as the electric fluid darted in a quivering, yellow line from the 💙black clouds, lighting up the landscape, and showing the anxious rider that he was near the turnpike road which led to the mai🌜n street.
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And the day of mine affright is the day you turn away.
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The noise suddenly awoke Helen, and her scattered faculties not immediately recollecting themselves, she felt an instant impression that all had indeed been but a dream; and starting in affright, she exclaimed, – Where am I?
vendingmachine commented on the word affright
"Young voices trembled in affright, people rushed about in haste, pellmell."
May 28, 2022