ppl. a. [f. AFFRIGHT v. + -ED. (Replaces the earlier ppl. adj. AFFRIGHT.)] Struck with sudden fear; alarmed, frightened.
1604. Shaks., Oth., V. ii. 100. And that th’ affrighted Globe Did yawne at Alteration.
1702. Pope, Thebais, 138. Affrighted Atlas, on the distant shore, Trembl’d.
1791. Cowper, Iliad, VI. 48. A thicket his affrighted steeds detain’d.
1876. Miss Braddon, J. Haggard’s Dau., II. 32. Joshua locked up presently, and saw two pairs of affrighted eyes gazing at him.
