Affright: alternatives and connections

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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To make pale; to blanch.

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Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

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Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

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To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

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To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

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To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

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A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

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To make terrible.

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To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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The state of being fearful.

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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To make terrible.

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To make terrible.

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One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

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One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

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To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

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A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

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To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

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