affright
Use Affright in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to frighten.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To affright
00:10
Affright
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly. |
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
affright (əˈfraɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to frighten |
| —n | |
| 2. | a sudden terror |
| [Old English āfyrhtan, from a-, a prefix indicating the beginning or end of an action + fyrhtan to | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
The musicians, servants and rustics run away in affright.
Then, as she gazed in affright, he slowly sat up in the coffin.
Related Searches
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
