affright

«affright» in Mova's school dictionary: Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (in affright; no plural in use) and verb (affright, affrights, affrighted, affrighting; old use)

meaning for a pupil

1) Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock. tree →

2) Verb: to frighten someone greatly. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a sudden fright that makes a person cry out or go pale

examples

• She asked in affright, "Who are you?" tree →
• All the voyagers were greatly affrighted. tree →
• The sudden noise affrighted the horses. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.
• And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
• Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:
• Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
• My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O LORD, how long?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «affright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.