affright

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Great fear, terror, fright.

   • No one for a moment dreamed of the possible occurrence of any thing in the course of a few hours which would fill every mind with horror, and cause even the dark-hearted Martina to tremble with affright.
2. 2

   To inspire fright in

   To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.

   • VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
   • Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls
   • A drear and dying sound / Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
3. 3

   afraid

   afraid; terrified; frightened

   • So that thou shalt not need I say, to feare or be affright, of all the shafts that Hie by day, nor terrours of the night.
   • “Do not be afright,” he continued, after a pause; “do not be afright, my dear young ladies, I am quite harmless—a harmless old man—I would not shed a pigeon's blood.

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