to affright

Examples

• All

• When God has a mind to show it, He can easily and in a moment affright the hardiest creature.

  Harvard University

• Yet shall the crowing of these cockerels affright a lion?

  Edward II (1991)

• "When the savages were silent, "that was when the company was most affrighted.

  King of California (2007)

• And they were affrighted.

  Critters 2 (1988)

• Can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France or may we cram within this wooden "o"... the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt?

  Henry V (1989)

• In truth, his own antipathy to the veil was known to be so great that he never willingly passed before a mirror, nor stooped to drink at a still fountain, lest, in its peaceful bosom, he should be affrighted by himself.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The loud thunderclap seemed to affright the small children playing outside.

• The sudden appearance of the ghostly figure was enough to affright everyone at the party.

• A sudden movement in the bushes would affright any unsuspecting passerby.

Synonyms

S

to scare

vsto affright

∞ 1.0

To make someone feel afraid or unsure of themselves

is archaic and more formal than this common everyday form

F

to frighten

vsto affright

540 1.0

To make someone feel afraid

is the archaic form used historically rather than commonly today

T

to terrify

vsto affright

148 3.2

To make someone feel very frightened

is an older, neutral term that implies less intense fear

S

to scare the hell out of

vsto affright

• Informal

56 6.7

To make someone very afraid

is archaic and formal, not this informal intense expression

S

to scare the bejesus out of

vsto affright

• Informal

5 8.8

To make someone very afraid

is archaic and formal, not a sudden slang expression

F

to fright

vsto affright

2 3.2

To make someone feel afraid

is an older, less used word rather than this common modern term

G

to gast

vsto affright

• Archaic

9.9

To make someone feel very frightened

is the same meaning but is another archaic variant

Antonyms

R

to reassure

163 3.4

To make someone feel less worried and more confident

How Frightening

to terrify

148 3.2

to alarm

133 1.9

to affright

• Archaic

9.9

to unsettle

7 4.9

to startle

131 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology