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Definition of Affrighted

Affrighted
Affright Af*fright", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. [=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. --Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton. Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate.
Affright
Affright Af*fright", p. a. Affrighted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Affright
Affright Af*fright", n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. --B. Jonson.
Affright
Affright Af*fright", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. [=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. --Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton. Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate.

Meaning of Affrighted from wikipedia

- independency with the one hand, and with the other brandishing a whip over his affrighted slaves. Thomas Jefferson unsuccessfully attempted to include a section...
- sheep. (The fall of the evil ones) And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore...
- independency with the one hand, and with the other brandishing a whip over his affrighted slaves." The African-American writer Lemuel Haynes expressed similar viewpoints...
- of Hephaestus" making a horse-trough for Poseidon: And the nymphs were affrighted when they saw the terrible monsters like unto the crags of Ossa: all had...
- "Tho' malt and venom, Seem united, Don't break my pot, Nor be affrighted....
- throughout the world, and have gone through every Holy Scripture, am not affrighted by terrifying words. For those greater than I have said 'We ought to obey...
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- Owain Glyndŵr upon the banks of the Severn, claiming the flooding Severn "affrighted with [the warriors'] bloody looks ran fearfully among the trembling reeds...
- atmosphere, with sulphurious vapor, causing total darkness. The screams of the affrighted inhabitants running to and fro, not knowing where to go, or what to do—the...
- Authorised Version: And therefore fear not,    let not thine heart be affrighted, but go thy way in,    and see the beauty and greatness of the building...