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frightening
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frightening has 1 sense
- frightening(n = noun.act) terrorisation, terrorization - the act of inspiring with fear; Array is a kind of bullying, intimidation
Derived form verb frighten1
Adjective frightening has 1 sense
- frightening(s = adj.all) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible - 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"
THESAURUS
frightening
alarming, appalling, awing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, chilling, cowing, daunting, demoralization, deterrent, deterring, dire, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, hair-raising, harrowing, hectoring, horrifying, intimidating, intimidation, overawing, petrifying, psychological warfare, scaring, scary, shocking, spooky, startling, terrifying, war of nerves
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