tr.v., -fright·ed, -fright·ing, -frights.

To arouse fear in; terrify: “Many of nature's greatest oddities, that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there” (David Mazel).

n.

1. Great fear; terror.
2. A cause of terror.

[Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan : ā-, intensive pref. + fyrhtan, to frighten (from fyrhto, fright).]

affrightment af·fright'ment n.

verb

To fill with fear: alarm, frighten, panic, scare, scarify, startle, terrify, terrorize. Archaic fright. Idioms: make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, scaresillystiff, scare the daylights out of. See fear/courage.

noun

Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger: alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation. Slang cold feet. Idioms: fear and trembling. See fear/courage.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cause fear in
  Synonyms: frighten, fright, scare

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skræmme, forfærde
n. - skræk, forfærdelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
beangstigen, grote schrik, ,

Français (French)
v. tr. - effrayer, terrifier
n. - effroi, épouvante, terreur

Deutsch (German)
v. - beängstigen
n. - große Angst

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρομάζω, φοβίζω
n. - φόβος, τρόμος

Italiano (Italian)
spaventare, spavento

Português (Portuguese)
v. - assustar, aterrorizar
n. - susto (m), terror (m)

Русский (Russian)
пугнуть, напугать, устрашать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - fletar
n. - flete

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förskräcka
n. - förskräckelse

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
惊吓, 使恐怖, 造成恐怖的原因, 恐怖

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 驚嚇, 使恐怖
n. - 驚嚇, 造成恐怖的原因, 恐怖

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 놀라게 하다, 위협하다
n. - 공포, 놀람

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 恐れさせる
n. - 恐怖

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يروع (الاسم) ذعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפחיד‬
n. - ‮פחד פתאומי, מקור פחד‬

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