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Frightening

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Definitions for Frightening

noun
the act of inspiring with fear
Synonyms
terrorization terrorisation
adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
Synonyms
awful dire direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome horrendous horrific terrible
Examples
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
verb
cause fear in
Synonyms
frighten fright scare affright
Examples
  1. The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
  2. Ghosts could never affright her

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