Dictionary Entry
affright
affright is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
- 2participial adjective
Affrighted.
- 3noun
Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
- 4noun
The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
- 5noun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- 6verb
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
"Ghosts could never affright her"
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