different between daunt vs affright

daunt

English

Etymology

From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domit? (tame, verb), frequentative of Latin dom? (tame, conquer, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (to domesticate, tame). Doublet of dompt.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??nt/
  • (some accents) IPA(key): /d??nt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d?nt/
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /d?nt/
  • Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt

Verb

daunt (third-person singular simple present daunts, present participle daunting, simple past and past participle daunted)

  1. (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.
  2. (transitive) To overwhelm.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Dutan

Middle English

Verb

daunt

  1. Alternative form of daunten

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affright

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

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