affrighted
Struck with fear
Affrighted is an archaic or literary past tense of affright, meaning frightened or terrified: The villagers were affrighted by strange lights in the sky.
The word appears mainly in older texts and deliberately old-fashioned writing.
Modern English uses afraid or frightened instead.
Extremely frightened
- scaredFeeling fear or alarm
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
- startledAbruptly surprised or alarmed
- spookedFrightened into alertness
fearful · timorous · trembling · quaking · shuddering · pale · white-faced · aghast
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
menacing · threatening · daunting · intimidating · uneasy · wary · anxious · nervous
Abruptly surprised or alarmed
- joltedAbruptly shaken or startled
- taken abackShocked into momentary confusion
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- astonishedGreatly shocked, overwhelmed
dumbfounded · bewildered · disconcerted · nonplussed · unsettled · discomposed · confounded · flabbergasted
terrified
Extremely frightened
spooked · fearful · timorous · trembling · quaking · shuddering · pale · white-faced · aghast · petrified
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
sinister · menacing · threatening · daunting · intimidating · uneasy · wary · anxious · nervous · hesitant
startled
Abruptly surprised or alarmed
- joltedAbruptly shaken or startled
- taken abackShocked into momentary confusion
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
astonished · dumbfounded · bewildered · disconcerted · nonplussed · unsettled · discomposed · confounded · flabbergasted · thunderstruck