Associations to the word «Affright»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
AFFRIGHT, noun. Great fear, terror, fright
AFFRIGHT, verb. To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright
Dictionary definition
AFFRIGHT, noun. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
AFFRIGHT, verb. Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.