affright
معنی فارسی
ترساندن ترس وحشت هول مايه ترس ترسيده وحشت زده .
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ǝ frīt´/vt., n.
● (قدیمی) ترساندن، هراساندن
● (قدیمی) ترس بزرگ، هراس زیاد، موجب ترس
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old English 'afyrhtan', from 'a-' (intensive prefix) + 'fyrhtan' ('to frighten').
مثال
- The sudden noise affrighted the birds.
- She was affrighted by the strange shadows in the room.
- The ghost story was enough to affright the children.
ترکیبهای رایج
Affright someone Be affrighted
تعریف انگلیسی
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- cause fear in “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me” “Ghosts could never affright her” “Cause: fear, dread” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody” “The bad news will affright him”
مترادفها
I. verb active
Frighten, terrify, alarm, scare, daunt, appall, dismay, shock, confound, dishearten, dispirit, fright, intimidate, startle, overawe, put in fear.
II. noun
Terror, fear, fright, alarm, dismay, consternation, panic.