ppl. a. arch. [f. AFFRIGHT v. + -ING2.] Frightening, terrifying.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physic, 376/1. She may also vse therof in all affrighting sicknesses.
1651. Jer. Taylor, Serm., I. xxvii. 344. We never heard his noises, nor have seen his affrighting shapes.
1726. Penn, Tracts, Wks. I. 558. Which needs not the extraordinary and affrighting Obligation of an Oath.
