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English Dictionary: affright	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affright n an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic, terror, affright] v cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" Synonym(s): frighten, fright, scare, affright
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affright \Affright"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affrighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affrighting}.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. [be]fyrhtan to terrify; [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See {Fright}.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright* our souls. --Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton. Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affright \Af*fright"\, p. a. Affrighted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affright \Af*fright"\, n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. --B. Jonson.