Usually means: To scare or frighten someone greatly.
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  1. affrighten: Merriam-Webster
  2. affrighten: Collins English Dictionary
  3. affrighten: Wordnik
  4. affrighten: Wiktionary
  5. Affrighten: Dictionary.com
  6. Affrighten: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. affrighten: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Affrighten: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. affrighten: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Affrighten: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. affrighten: Merriam-Webster

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▸ verb:  (archaic) To frighten.

Similar:
affright, affray, befright, fear, doubt, frighten, terrify, fray, scare, faze, more...

Types:
scare, terrify, startle, frighten, alarm, more...

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Similar:
affright, affray, befright, fear, doubt, frighten, terrify, fray, scare, faze, more...

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scare, terrify, startle, frighten, alarm, more...



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