frightening
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frightening
- /ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋ/
- /ˈfɹaɪtnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aɪtnɪŋ
adjective more frightening · most frightening
- Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary. Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
- Awful, terrible, very bad.
Similar: affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, pulse-pounding · Opposite: nonfrightening, unfrightening
verb
- present participle and gerund of frighten The scientist was frightening the timid children.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fearsome, alarming, fearful, dreaded, dread, direful, terrorisation, terrible, horrific, dreadful, terrorization, horrendous, awful, dire, scary, hair-raising
adjective
Similar: affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, pulse-pounding · Opposite: nonfrightening, unfrightening
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adj scary
| Español | aterrante, aterrador, atemorizante, atemorizador, asustante, asustador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무섭다 museopda, 두렵다 duryeopda |
| 日本語 | 恐い kowai, 怖い kowai |
| 中文 | 恐怖 kǒngbù, 可怕 kěpà |
| हिन्दी | भुतहा bhuthā |
| Português | assustador |
| Français | effrayant |
| Deutsch | fürchterlich, schreckerregend |
| Italiano | spaventoso |
| Ελληνικά | τρομακτικός tromaktikós, φοβιστικός fovistikós |
| Română | înfricoșător, înspăimântător |
| Русский | пуга́ющий pugájuščij |
| العربية | مُجَفِّل mujaffil, مُخِيف muḵīf, مُرْعِب murʕib |
adj awful
| Ελληνικά | τρομακτικός tromaktikós |
|---|---|
| Русский | стра́шный strášnyj, ужа́сный užásnyj |
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title = {frightening},
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