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Definition of 'frightening' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
the act of inspiring with fear

2. (adj) awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, 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"


Definition of 'frightening' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) frightening
making you feel afraid; = scary
a frightening experience; The sound was frightening.


Definition of 'frightening' Webster Dictionary 

1.  frightening
of Frighten


Translation of 'frightening' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very bad
He is a frightful liar.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vreesaanjaend Arabic flag Arabic: مُفْزِع، مُريع، مُرْعِب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: плашещ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: assustador Czech flag Czech: děsivý German flag German: schreckerregend
Danish flag Danish: forfærdende Greek flag Greek: τρομακτικός Spanish flag Spanish: espantoso, aterrador
Estonian flag Estonian: ehmatav Farsi flag Farsi: ترسناک Finnish flag Finnish: pelottava
French flag French: effrayant Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַפחִיד Hindi flag Hindi: भयावह, डराने वाला
Croatian flag Croatian: zastrašujuci, koji ulijev Hungarian flag Hungarian: ijesztő Indonesian flag Indonesian: menakutkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ógnvekjandi Italian flag Italian: spaventoso Japanese flag Japanese: こわい
Korean flag Korean: 깜짝 놀라게 하는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: siaubingas Latvian flag Latvian: biedējošs
Malay flag Malay: menakutkan Dutch flag Dutch: schrikwekkend Norwegian flag Norwegian: skremmende, uhyggelig
Polish flag Polish: przerażający Persian flag Persian: ترسناک Pashto flag Pashto: وېروونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: assustador Romanian flag Romanian: înfricoşător Russian flag Russian: ужасный
Slovak flag Slovak: desivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: grozljiv Serbian flag Serbian: zastrašujući
Swedish flag Swedish: skrämmande Thai flag Thai: น่ากลัว Turkish flag Turkish: korkutucu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 可怕的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жахливий Urdu flag Urdu: خوفناک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kinh khủng; khủng khiếp Chinese flag Chinese: 可怕的

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