Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to affright
Participle: affrighted
Gerund: affrighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | affright |
| you | affright |
| he;she;it | affrights |
| we | affright |
| you | affright |
| they | affright |
Perfect
| I | have affrighted |
| you | have affrighted |
| he;she;it | has affrighted |
| we | have affrighted |
| you | have affrighted |
| they | have affrighted |
Past
| I | affrighted |
| you | affrighted |
| he;she;it | affrighted |
| we | affrighted |
| you | affrighted |
| they | affrighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had affrighted |
| you | had affrighted |
| he;she;it | had affrighted |
| we | had affrighted |
| you | had affrighted |
| they | had affrighted |
Future
| I | will affright |
| you | will affright |
| he;she;it | will affright |
| we | will affright |
| you | will affright |
| they | will affright |
Future Perfect
| I | will have affrighted |
| you | will have affrighted |
| he;she;it | will have affrighted |
| we | will have affrighted |
| you | will have affrighted |
| they | will have affrighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | affright |
| you | affright |
| he;she;it | affright |
| we | affright |
| you | affright |
| they | affright |
Perfect
| I | have affrighted |
| you | have affrighted |
| he;she;it | have affrighted |
| we | have affrighted |
| you | have affrighted |
| they | have affrighted |
Imperfect
| I | affrighted |
| you | affrighted |
| he;she;it | affrighted |
| we | affrighted |
| you | affrighted |
| they | affrighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had affrighted |
| you | had affrighted |
| he;she;it | had affrighted |
| we | had affrighted |
| you | had affrighted |
| they | had affrighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would affright |
| you | would affright |
| he;she;it | would affright |
| we | would affright |
| you | would affright |
| they | would affright |
Perfect
| I | would have affrighted |
| you | would have affrighted |
| he;she;it | would have affrighted |
| we | would have affrighted |
| you | would have affrighted |
| they | would have affrighted |
Imperative
| you | affright |
| we | Let's affright |
| you | affright |
Verbs conjugated like 'affright'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'affright'
affreight,
affrighten,
aright,
befright,
fright,
adight,
afflict,
affricate,
affront,
airfreight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear
- alarm, fray, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold, scare, scare straight, scare the bejeebers out of, scare the pants off of, terrify, terrorize, frighten
- scare
- alarm, abash, frighten, appall, dispirit, awe, dismay, deter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan, equivalent to a- + fright.
Sample Sentences
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VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo. [1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], page 100, column 1:]
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Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:]
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A drear and dying sound / Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. [1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:]
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"Hence, ladies and gentlemen," he added, "that frightful brood of saurians which still affright our eyes when seen in the Wealden or in the Solenhofen slates, but which were fortunately extinct long before the first appearance of mankind upon this planet." [1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:]