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