affrighted









affrighted


verb (used with object)

  1. to frighten.

noun

  1. sudden fear or terror; fright.
  2. a source of terror.
  3. the act of terrifying.

verb

  1. (tr) to frighten

noun

  1. a sudden terror
v.

1580s, a late construction from a- (1) + fright (v.), probably on model of earlier past participle adjective affright “struck with sudden fear” (metathesized from Old English afyrht). Related: Affrighted; affrighting.

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