Affrightening

ppl. a. arch. [f. AFFRIGHTEN + -ING².] Frightful, terrifying.

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1683. Pennsylv. Arch., I. 61. Y^t affrightening cruelty committed at Lewis.

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1715. Burnet, Hist. own Time (1766), II. 108. All the affrightening stories that had been brought him.

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