Affright
Bible Usage:
- affright used once.
- affrighted used 9 times.
- Bible Reference: 2 Chronicles 32:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3372 Used 1 time
AFFRI'GHT, verb transitive affri'te. [See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or alarm. It expresses a stronger impression than fear or apprehend, and perhaps less than terror.
AFFRI'GHT, noun Sudden or great fear; terror; also, the cause of terror; a frightful object.
AFFRI'GHTED, participle passive Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at; as, affrighted at the cry of fire.
AFFRI'GHTER, noun One who frightens.
AFFRI'GHTFUL, adjective Terrifying; terrible; that may excite great fear; dreadful.
AFFRI'GHTING, participle present tense Impressing sudden fear; terrifying.
AFFRI'GHTMENT, noun Affright; terror; the state of being frightened. [Rarely used.] [In common discourse, the use of this word, in all its forms, is superseded by fright, frighted, frightful.]