affrightment noun3 •(no longer used) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.Passionate words or blows from the tutor, fill the child's mind with terrour and affrightment; which immediately takes it wholly up, and leaves no room for other impressions. — 1693 •(no longer used) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation. •(no longer used) A cause of fear.
