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Noun: affright  u'frIt
  1. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
    - panic, terror
Verb: affright  u'frIt
  1. Cause fear in
    "Ghosts could never affright her";
    - frighten, fright [archaic], scare

Derived forms: affrighted, affrighting, affrights

Type of: excite, fear, fearfulness, fright, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

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