What does affrightment mean?

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  1. affrightmentnoun

    The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.

  2. affrightmentnoun

    A cause of fear.

  3. affrightmentnoun

    fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Affrightmentnoun

    Etymology: from affright.

    Hearing she was at rest, he attended till she should awake of herself; which she did with the affrightment of a dream. Henry Wotton.

    Passionate words or blows from the tutor, fill the child’s mind with terrour and affrightment; which immediately takes it wholly up, and leaves no room for other impression. John Locke.

    Whether those that, under any anguish of mind, return to affrightments or doubtings, have not been hypocrites. Henry Hammond.

ChatGPT

  1. affrightment

    Affrightment refers to a state of being frightened, scared, or shocked by something or someone. It can also refer to the act of causing fear or terror in someone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Affrightmentnoun

    affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of affrightment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of affrightment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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