affright

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• Syn:
panic, terror
• Derivationally related forms:
terrorist (for: terror), terrorize (for: terror), terrorise (for: terror), terrify (for: terror), panicky (for: panic), panic (for: panic)
• Hypernyms:
fear, fearfulness, fright
• Hyponyms:
swivet

II - verb

cause fear in
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
• Syn:
frighten, fright, scare
• See Also:
frighten off (for: frighten), frighten away (for: frighten)
• Derivationally related forms:
scare (for: scare), scarer (for: scare), fright (for: fright), frightening (for: frighten)
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Hyponyms:
bluff, awe, terrify, terrorize, terrorise,
intimidate, dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify,
consternate, spook
• Cause:
fear, dread
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will affright him

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  panic, terror, frighten, fright, scare