affrighteningadj.

Brit.

/əˈfrʌɪtn̩ɪŋ/,

/əˈfrʌɪtnɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈfraɪtn̩ɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s–1700s affrightning, 1600s– affrightening, 1700s afrightning.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: affrighten v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < affrighten v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier affrighting adj.

Now rare (somewhat archaic in later use).

= affrighting adj.Recorded earliest in soul-affrightening.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective]

eislichc888

eyesfulOE

awfulc1175

smarta1200

ferlya1225

sternc1275

grisea1300

uglya1300

dreadfula1325

fell?c1335

stout1338

perilousc1380

terriblec1400

ghastfulc1449

timorous1455

epouventable1477

bedreadc1485

dreadablec1490

dreadc1540

buggisha1555

dreaded1556

monster-like1561

dire1567

scareful1567

terrifying1577

scary1582

direful1583

affrighting1592

dismal1594

affrightful1603

diral1606

tirable1607

frighting1619

scaring1641

affrighteninga1651

formidolous1656

terrific1667

terrifical1677

atrocious1733

terrorful1789

orful1845

lurid1850

terrorsome1890

turble1893

timorsome1894

like the wrath of God1936

a1651 C. Love Nat. Mans Case Stated (1652) iv. 55 These are the awakening, and soul-affrightning apprehensions.

?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 85 Warlick, martial, affrightning, frightful.

1683 W. Penn Let. 20 Apr. in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 61 Y^t affrightening cruelty committed at Lewis.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 475 All the affrightning stories that had been brought him.

1750 W. Stukeley Philos. Earthquakes (ed. 2) i. 24 The snap which we hear in our electrical experiments, when re-echoed from cloud to cloud..makes that affrightning sound of thunder.

1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) vi. ii. 236 A heavy or affrightening dream.

1894 Menorah Dec. 337 He..broke out in hot affrightening sighs.

1920 E. Balmer Resurrection Rock x. 158 Thoughts which, in some half affrightening and yet half solacing way, brought the spirits of her dead in closer relation to her.

1959 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 23 Mar. 8/3 Khrushchev..has abolished the secret police, with their affrightening midnight taps on the door.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	affrightening
释义	affrighteningadj. Brit. /əˈfrʌɪtn̩ɪŋ/, /əˈfrʌɪtnɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈfraɪtn̩ɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s–1700s affrightning, 1600s– affrightening, 1700s afrightning. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: affrighten v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < affrighten v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier affrighting adj. Now rare (somewhat archaic in later use). = affrighting adj.Recorded earliest in soul-affrightening. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective] eislichc888 eyesfulOE awfulc1175 smarta1200 ferlya1225 sternc1275 grisea1300 uglya1300 dreadfula1325 fell?c1335 stout1338 perilousc1380 terriblec1400 ghastfulc1449 timorous1455 epouventable1477 bedreadc1485 dreadablec1490 dreadc1540 buggisha1555 dreaded1556 monster-like1561 dire1567 scareful1567 terrifying1577 scary1582 direful1583 affrighting1592 dismal1594 affrightful1603 diral1606 tirable1607 frighting1619 scaring1641 affrighteninga1651 formidolous1656 terrific1667 terrifical1677 atrocious1733 terrorful1789 orful1845 lurid1850 terrorsome1890 turble1893 timorsome1894 like the wrath of God1936 a1651 C. Love Nat. Mans Case Stated (1652) iv. 55 These are the awakening, and soul-affrightning apprehensions. ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 85 Warlick, martial, affrightning, frightful. 1683 W. Penn Let. 20 Apr. in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 61 Y^t affrightening cruelty committed at Lewis. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 475 All the affrightning stories that had been brought him. 1750 W. Stukeley Philos. Earthquakes (ed. 2) i. 24 The snap which we hear in our electrical experiments, when re-echoed from cloud to cloud..makes that affrightning sound of thunder. 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) vi. ii. 236 A heavy or affrightening dream. 1894 Menorah Dec. 337 He..broke out in hot affrightening sighs. 1920 E. Balmer Resurrection Rock x. 158 Thoughts which, in some half affrightening and yet half solacing way, brought the spirits of her dead in closer relation to her. 1959 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 23 Mar. 8/3 Khrushchev..has abolished the secret police, with their affrightening midnight taps on the door. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1651
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