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AFFRIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("affright" is a kind of...):
fear; fearfulness; fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affright"):
swivet (a panic or extreme discomposure)
Derivation:
affright (cause fear in)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause fear in
Example:
Ghosts could never affright her
Synonyms:
affright; fright; frighten; scare
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "affright" is one way to...):
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)
Cause:
dread; fear (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "affright"):
bluff (frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is)
awe (inspire awe in)
terrify; terrorise; terrorize (fill with terror; frighten greatly)
intimidate (make timid or fearful)
alarm; appal; appall; dismay; horrify (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised)
consternate (fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion)
spook (frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will affright him
Derivation:
affright (an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety)
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