affright

Nouns

(n) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety panic, terror,

Verbs

(v) cause fear in
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
fright, frighten, scare,

Synonyms

fright frighten scare panic terror

See also

daunt frighten away frighten off scare away scare off pall scare dash

Words of close approximity