Affright (Verb)
Meaning
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- The eerie sounds at night affright the children, making them harder to put to bed.
- Her fearlessness inspired others as she stood unwavering, a figure nothing could affright.
- Ghosts could never affright her, having grown up on a diet of horror movies and ghost stories.
- The old mansion was said to be haunted, and its dark corridors seemed to affright all who dared to step inside.
- Some superstitious people claim that certain creatures can affright you to the point of causing illness.