panic, terror, affright
(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
frighten, fright, scare, affright
(verb) cause fear in; “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; “Ghosts could never affright her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
affright (plural affrights)
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
• See also fear
affright (third-person singular simple present affrights, present participle affrighting, simple past and past participle affrighted)
(archaic, transitive) To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright in.
• See also frighten
affright (comparative more affright, superlative most affright)
afraid; terrified; frightened
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fright", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting.] Etym: [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. afyrhtan to terrify; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.]
Definition: To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.
Syn.
– To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate.
Af*fright", p. a.
Definition: Affrighted. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Af*fright", n.
1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith.
2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
