affright (n.)

  1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

    [ Syn: panic , terror ]

    affright (v.)

  1. cause fear in; The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me; Ghosts could never affright her

    [ Syn: frighten , fright , scare ]

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