affright
[verb]
Synonyms: frighten, alarm, awe, fright, scare, spook, startle, terrify, terrorize

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Antonyms: embolden, nerve
Contrasted words: animate, fire, inspire
Related Words: bewilder, confound

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af·fright (ə-frīt)
tr.v. af·fright·ed, af·fright·ing, af·frights
To arouse fear in; terrify: “Many of nature's greatest oddities, that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there” (David Mazel).
n.
► Great fear; terror.
► A cause of terror.

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affright
[Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan : ā-, intensive pref. + fyrhtan, to frighten (from fyrhto, fright).]

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affright
af·frightment n.

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