Affright

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  • transitive verb. To arouse fear in; terrify.
  • noun. Great fear; terror.
  • noun. A cause of terror.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Past participle of affright.
  • noun. Sudden or great fear; terror; fright.
  • noun. The cause of terror; a frightful object.
  • To impress with sudden fear; frighten; terrify or alarm.
  • Synonyms To scare, alarm, dismay, appal, daunt, intimidate, startle, shock, overawe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Affrighted.
  • noun. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
  • noun. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
  • transitive verb. To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. great fear, terror, fright
  • verb. to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright
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  • verb. cause fear in
  • noun. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  • Word Usage
    "And the day of mine affright is the day you turn away:"
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    affrighted  alarm  appall  daunt  dismay  
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