affright
affright · more affright · most affright
Afraid; terrified; frightenedAfraid; terrified; frightened
/əˈfɹaɪt/
» Cold horror shook me, in my veins the blood / was chilled, and curdled with affright.
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1 sentencesCold horror shook me, in my veins the blood / was chilled, and curdled with affright.
Meaning
1 sensesAfraid; terrified; frightened
Origin
From Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participlFrom Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of āfyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).
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Forms
more affright, most affright| Comparative | more affright Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most affright Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.