Affright vs Intimidate - What's the difference?
affright | intimidate | Synonyms |
to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright
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* Milton
To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
Affright is a synonym of intimidate.
As verbs the difference between affright and intimidate
is that affright is to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright while intimidate is to make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.As a noun affright
is great fear, terror, fright.affright
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(en verb)- Dreams affright our souls.
- A drear and dying sound / Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
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* See alsointimidate
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(intimidat)- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.