Origin: Germanic
Old English suffix
Affright has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2
Great fear, terror, fright.
Verb
1
cause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
"Ghosts could never affright her"
2
To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright in.
Adjective
1
afraid; terrified; frightened
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