MEANING
To cause fright or alarm.
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Words that belong together
- affright a traveler
- affright the sleepers
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The sudden cry affrighted the sleepers in the old account.
Nothing affrighted the traveler more than the familiar voice beneath the floor.
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Word forms
- Base
- affright
- Past tense
- affrighted
- Past participle
- affrighted
- Present participle
- affrighting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- affright
- Present continuous
- am/is/are affrighting
- Present perfect
- have/has affrighted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been affrighting
- Past
- affrighted
- Past continuous
- was/were affrighting
- Past perfect
- had affrighted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been affrighting
- Future
- will affright
- Future continuous
- will be affrighting
- Future perfect
- will have affrighted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been affrighting
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: affright; affrights; affrighted; affrighted; affrighting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: affrights.
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