affright

af·fright

A0124000 (ə-frīt′)tr.v. af·fright·ed, af·fright·ing, af·frights To arouse fear in; terrify: "Many of nature's greatest oddities, that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there" (David Mazel).n.1. Great fear; terror.2. A cause of terror.

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[Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan : ā-, intensive pref. + fyrhtan, to frighten (from fyrhto, fright).]

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af·fright′ment n.

affright

(əˈfraɪt) vb (tr) to frightenna sudden terror[Old English āfyrhtan, from a-, a prefix indicating the beginning or end of an action + fyrhtan to fright]

af•fright

(əˈfraɪt)

v.t. 1. to frighten. n. 2. sudden fear or terror; fright. [before 1000; Old English āfyrhtan=ā- a-³ + fyrhtan; see fright]

affright

Past participle: affrighted
Gerund: affrighting

Imperative
affright
affright

Present
I affright
you affright
he/she/it affrights
we affright
you affright
they affright

Preterite
I affrighted
you affrighted
he/she/it affrighted
we affrighted
you affrighted
they affrighted

Present Continuous
I am affrighting
you are affrighting
he/she/it is affrighting
we are affrighting
you are affrighting
they are affrighting

Present Perfect
I have affrighted
you have affrighted
he/she/it has affrighted
we have affrighted
you have affrighted
they have affrighted

Past Continuous
I was affrighting
you were affrighting
he/she/it was affrighting
we were affrighting
you were affrighting
they were affrighting

Past Perfect
I had affrighted
you had affrighted
he/she/it had affrighted
we had affrighted
you had affrighted
they had affrighted

Future
I will affright
you will affright
he/she/it will affright
we will affright
you will affright
they will affright

Future Perfect
I will have affrighted
you will have affrighted
he/she/it will have affrighted
we will have affrighted
you will have affrighted
they will have affrighted

Future Continuous
I will be affrighting
you will be affrighting
he/she/it will be affrighting
we will be affrighting
you will be affrighting
they will be affrighting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been affrighting
you have been affrighting
he/she/it has been affrighting
we have been affrighting
you have been affrighting
they have been affrighting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been affrighting
you will have been affrighting
he/she/it will have been affrighting
we will have been affrighting
you will have been affrighting
they will have been affrighting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been affrighting
you had been affrighting
he/she/it had been affrighting
we had been affrighting
you had been affrighting
they had been affrighting

Conditional
I would affright
you would affright
he/she/it would affright
we would affright
you would affright
they would affright

Past Conditional
I would have affrighted
you would have affrighted
he/she/it would have affrighted
we would have affrighted
you would have affrighted
they would have affrighted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	affright - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxietypanic, terrorfear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)swivet - a panic or extreme discomposure; "it threw her into a swivet"
Verb	1.	affright - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"fright, frighten, scarebluff - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really isstimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"awe - inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"terrify, terrorise, terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatlyintimidate - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"alarm, horrify, appal, appall, dismay - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"consternate - fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated"spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

affright

verbTo fill with fear:alarm, frighten, panic, scare, scarify, startle, terrify, terrorize.Archaic: fright.Idioms: make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, scare silly, scare the daylights out of.nounGreat agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger:alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation.Slang: cold feet.Idiom: fear and trembling.

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