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 Definition of 'frightening'

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Definitions of 'frightening'  

1. (noun) terrorizationterrorisationfrightening
the act of inspiring with fear

2. (adj) awfuldiredirefuldread(a)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfearsomefrighteninghorrendoushorrificterrible
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"


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