How to pronounce“affright”in English
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Definitions of “affright”
Great fear, terror, fright.
“No one for a moment dreamed of the possible occurrence of any thing in the course of a few hours which would fill every mind with horror, and cause even the dark-hearted Martina to tremble with affright.”
To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
“VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.”
afraid; terrified; frightened
“So that thou shalt not need I say, to feare or be affright, of all the shafts that Hie by day, nor terrours of the night.”
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