different between affright vs depress

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?a?t/

Etymology 1

From Middle English afrighten, from Old English ?fyrhtan, equivalent to a- +? fright.

Noun

affright (plural affrights)

1. (archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:

     […] Then behold, there came up to us a huge fish, as big as a tall mountain, at whose sight we became wild for affright and, weeping sore, made ready for death, marvelling at its vast size and gruesome semblance; when lo! a second fish made its appearance than which we had seen naught more monstrous.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fear

Verb

affright (third-person singular simple present affrights, present participle affrighting, simple past and past participle affrighted)

1. (archaic, transitive) To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright in.
   • 1629, John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

     A drear and dying sound / Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:frighten

Etymology 2

From Middle English afright, from Old English ?fyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of ?fyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).

Alternative forms

• afright

Adjective

affright (comparative more affright, superlative most affright)

1. afraid; terrified; frightened

English

Etymology

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin d?pressus, perfect participle of d?prim? (“to press down, to weigh down”), from d?- (“off, away, down, out”) +? prem? (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)

2. To press down.

3. To make depressed, sad or bored.

4. (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

5. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
6. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Synonyms

• downbear

Derived terms

Translations

References

• depress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• depress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• pressed, spersed