What does affrightful mean?
Affrightful means (obsolete) frightful.
Affrightful
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(obsolete) frightful.
Example Sentences
[…]so when he awakes from sleep, and says to himself, "Shall I be no otherwise when I am dead, than I was even now when I was asleep?" he may be ashamed of his waking dreams, and of his melancholy fancying out a horrid and an affrightful figure of that death which is so like sleep.
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Antonyms for affrightful
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Word Forms
- more affrightful
- most affrightful
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[…]so when he awakes from sleep, and says to himself, "Shall I be no otherwise when I am dead, than I was even now when I was asleep?" he may be ashamed of his waking dreams, and of his melancholy fancying out a horrid and an affrightful figure of that death which is so like sleep.
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