Defenition of the word frightening

• Defenition of the word frightening

  • Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
  • 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"
  • to inspire with fear
  • 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"; "
  • the act of inspiring with fear
  • causing fear or dread or terror

Synonyms for the word frightening

• • awful
  • dire
  • direful
  • dread
  • dreaded
  • dreadful
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • horrendous
  • horrific
  • terrible
  • terrorisation
  • terrorization

Similar words in the frightening

• • alarming

Hypernyms for the word frightening

• • bullying
  • intimidation

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