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# affright

«affright» in Mova's school dictionary: **Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (in affright; no plural in use) and verb (affright, affrights, affrighted, affrighting; old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/#m1)

2) Verb: to frighten someone greatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a sudden fright that makes a person cry out or go pale

### examples

- She asked in affright, "Who are you?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/#x1)
- All the voyagers were greatly affrighted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/#x2)
- The sudden noise affrighted the horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.112/)
- [And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1409/)
- [Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.11/)
- [Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.57/)
- [My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O LORD, how long?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.58/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «affright» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.