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Webster 1913 Edition
Affrightment
Af-fright′ment
,Noun.
Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
[Archaic]
Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child’s mind with terror and
affrightment
. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Affrightment
AFFRI'GHTMENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
affrightment
affrightment
English
Noun
affrightment (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
- (obsolete) A cause of fear.
- (archaic) fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.