Associations to the word «Affright»

Wiktionary

AFFRIGHT, noun. Great fear, terror, fright
AFFRIGHT, verb. To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright

Dictionary definition

AFFRIGHT, noun. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
AFFRIGHT, verb. Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.