affright

Plural: affrights

Noun

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• Great fear, terror, fright.

Verb

Verb Forms: affrighted, affrighting, affrights

• To fill with fear or terror; to frighten suddenly.
• cause fear in
  • "Ghosts could never affright her"
• To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.

Adj

• afraid; terrified; frightened

Examples

• The unexpected play of ’ZANJA’ would affright even a veteran player.

Synonyms

fright, frighten, panic, scare, terror, affright, alarm, appall, dismay, fray, give someone the shits, grill, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold, petrify, scare straight, scare the bejeebers out of, scare the pants off of, spook, terrify, terrorize

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