v. t.
Dreams affright our souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With fright. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To frighten. [ Archaic ] “Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who frightens. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Terrifying; frightful. --
Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.
v. t.
More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Free from fright; fearless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fear; terror. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Frightened at or by one's self. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
. Nervousness felt before an audience. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
[ 1913 Webster ]