frightening in English dictionary

  • frightening

    Meanings and definitions of "frightening"

    • causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
    • Present participle of frighten.
    • adjective
      Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
    • adjective
      (figuratively)
      Awful, terrible, very bad.
    • verb
      present participle of [i]frighten[/i]
    • awful
    • scary
    • Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
    • adjective
      causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
    • noun
      the act of inspiring with fear

    Synonyms of "frightening" in English dictionary

    alarming, terrorization, direful are the top synonyms of "frightening" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of frightening

    • frightening ( comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)
    • frightening (comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)

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