affright > define

noun

• An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
  • synonyms: panic, terror

verb

• Cause fear in.
  • usage: "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
  • synonyms: frighten, fright, scare

• (p.a.) Affrighted.
• (v.t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
• (n.) Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
• (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.