an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
"Ghosts could never affright her"
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affright
More things affright than hurt us. [ Proverb ]
False praise can please, and calumny affright
None but the vicious, and the hypocrite. [ Horace ]
Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls. [ William Shakespeare ]
If the eye were so acute as to rival the finest microscope, and to discern the smallest hair upon the leg of a gnat, it would be a curse, and not a blessing to us; it would make all things appear rugged and deformed; the most finely polished crystal would be uneven and rough; the sight of our own selves would affright us; the smoothest skin would be beset all over with rugged scales and bristly hair. [ Bentley ]
affrightin Scrabble®
The word affright is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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affrightin Words With Friends™
The word affright is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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