English noun: affright | |||
1. | affright (feeling) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | ||
Synonyms | panic, terror | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fear, fearfulness, fright | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | swivet | ||
English verb: affright | |||
1. | affright (emotion) cause fear in | ||
Samples | The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me. Ghosts could never affright her. | ||
Examples | The bad news will affright him | ||
Synonyms | fright, frighten, scare | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alarm, appal, appall, awe, bluff, consternate, dismay, horrify, intimidate, spook, terrify, terrorise, terrorize | ||
Cause | dread, fear | ||