"Affrighten" is a word in ENGLISH
To frighten.
A newly formed planet appeared on the large screen. its surface was till red-hot, like a piece of charcoal fresh out of the furnace. Time passed at the rate of geological eras, and the planet gradually cooled. The color and patterns on the surface slowly shifted in a hypnotic manner. A few minutes later, an orange planet appeared on the screen, indicating the end of the simulation run."The computations were done at the coarsest level; to do it with more precision would require over a month." Green Glasses moved the mouse and zoomed in on the surface of the planet. The view swept over a broad desert, over a cluster of strangely shaped, towering mountain peaks, over a circular depression like an impact crater."What are we looking at?" Yang Dong asked."Earth. Without life, this is what the surface of the planet would look like now.""But . . . where are the oceans?""There are no oceans. No rivers either. The entire surface is dry.""Your'e saying that without life, liquid water would not exist on Earth?""The reality would probably be even more shocking. Remember, this is only a coarse simulation, but at least you can see how much of an impact life had in the present state of the Earth.""But--""Do you think life is nothing but a fragile, thin, soft shell clinging to the surface of this planet?""Isn't it?""Only if you neglect the power of time. If a colony of ants continue to move clods the size of grains of rice, they could remove all of Mount Tai in a billion years. As long as you give it enough time, life is stronger than metal and stone, more powerful than typhoons and volcanoes.
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abat n {1} any supernatural being or human with supernatural powers which shows itself in an unexpected and startling way. …
Read the complete definitionTo frighten.
Read the complete definitionTo frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
Read the complete definitionTo impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Read the complete definitionThe act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
Read the complete definitionOne who frightens.
Read the complete definitionAffright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.
Read the complete definitionv. /MA-/ to be frightened, scared, alarmed, startled. Saan ka nga kumita ti baba ta dika maaliaw. Don’t look down …
Read the complete definitionv. /AG-/ to be scared, frightened, shocked. -- see ALINGGET.
Read the complete definitionadj. NAKAAL-ALINGGET frightening, scary. horrible dreadful, terrible, hideous. Nakaal-alingget daytay dalan. The road was scary. --syn. NAKAAM-AMAK NAKAAMAMES, NAKABUTBUTENG. --see …
Read the complete definitionalsa v {1} [A; a12] lift s.t. from underneath. Alsáhun nátù ning lamísa, Lets lift the table. {2} [A2] rise …
Read the complete definitionamá (from ama) expression uttered when frightened: help! Amá! Náay sawa! Help! Theres a snake!
Read the complete definitionbáhoy - A witch, hag, sorceress, enchantress; a ghost; to haunt, put a spell of fear upon somebody. Si Fuláno …
Read the complete definitionbálù v [A; a1] for supernatural beings, or persons acting like such to appear suddenly to frighten people. Baw-un nátù …
Read the complete definitionbangúngut n a nightmare which is said to frighten its victim to death. v [a4] have an attack of bangúngut.
Read the complete definitionOne who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
Read the complete definitionTo frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, …
Read the complete definitionAn exclamation used to startle or frighten.
Read the complete definitionTo stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to …
Read the complete definitionThe act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children …
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