Befright

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frighten.

Example Sentences

[…] I would so near this knot to certainty, That its appearance shall befright the bride, Until, despairing, she shall say the wish To be a nymph again; then should she know me?

For ourselves till befright, an' till show his oul' spite, Whin he'd miss'd all the prachis he'd cum for, so far Himself, the untutor'd oul' haythen, beschuterd Us, ears over head all with boilin'-hot tar.

[…]With confidence, and so inscribe the chart Where white and still the void befrights the heart.

Mr Newbery shrugged. 'Goods will be safer there, stacked tight, than in our flimsy shops,' he said, and then went on his way to warn and befright our other neighbours. And indeed perhaps this was a good thing.

All round terrors befright him, and they scatter at his feet.

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• befrights
• befrighting
• befrighted

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