affrightmentn.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 61^v I would know who..dies with more terror and affrightment, then an Atheist.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. iii. 65 Choler causeth..feares, affrightments, ill successe, and such like.

1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §167 Passionate Words or Blows from the Tutor fill the Child's Mind with Terror and Affrightment.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. vii. 43 I looked..at him..with disgust, little short of affrightment.

1808 C. Lamb Specimens Eng. Dramatic Poets 217 Their terrors want dignity, their affrightments are without decorum.

1890 ‘M. Field’ Tragic Mary iii. v. 136 My heart bounds in affrightment.

1927 Tyrone (Pennsylvania) Daily Herald 3 May 4/4 Gosse..must use the word ‘awe’ in its earlier sense, as..solemn, inspiring reverence rather than a term of affrightment, which it does not produce.

1608 T. Heywood Rape of Lucrece sig. A4 The common-wealth is sicke of an ague, of which nothing can cure her but some violent and suddaine affrightment.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) Concl. 215 Which accompanie it with so much horror and affrightment.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. ii. §36. 77 Invisible affrightments, the beloved methods of nurses and servants.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1816) III. 67 Affrightments..which much terrified the mean-spirited.

1783 J. Brown Pract. Piety 186 Satan's temptations to commit sinful acts, have arrived at an especial heighth..When affrightments and allurements are therein connected.

1834 W. Jenks Comprehensive Comm. Holy Bible 607/1 The endearments of love, not the affrightments of the curse.

1920 Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. City N.Y. 8 136 The campaign of terrorism and affrightment of investors.