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Definition of "affrights" []

  • Plural form of affright. (noun)
  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright. (verb)

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Use "affrights" in a sentence
  • "He could like the gray hairs of popery, did not some dotages there stagger him: he would come to us sooner, but our new name affrights him."
  • "How now? why flart'ft thou? what, doth death affright f Suf, Thy name affrights me, in whofe found is death,"
  • "Their valour is no better than that of a barking cur, who affrights all that go on without looking at him, but who, the moment he is turned upon with a stamp and a fierce look, retreats himself, amazed, afraid, and ashamed. '"
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