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affright

noun verb

An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

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Word length
8
Starts with
A
Ends with
T
Contains
FF
Scrabble score
18

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noun

  1. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

verb

  1. Cause fear in

    “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

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The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
Ghosts could never affright her

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