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affrights

affrights is the plural of affright.

affrights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affright.

Meaning of affright

Noun

affright (countable and uncountable, plural affrights)

  1. (archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
    • No one for a moment dreamed of the possible occurrence of any thing in the course of a few hours which would fill every mind with horror, and cause even the dark-hearted Martina to tremble with affright.1854, The Mysteries of a Convent, page 107

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Questions about affrights

What is affrights the plural of?
Affrights is the plural of affright.

Words near affrights in the dictionary

  1. affrightful
  2. affrightfully
  3. affrighting
  4. affrightingly
  5. affrightment
  6. affrights
  7. Affrilachia
  8. Affrilachian
  9. Affrilachians
  10. affront
  11. affrontable

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