Definitions for frightening
fright·en·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. terrorization, terrorisation, frighteningadjective

   the act of inspiring with fear

2. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frighteningadjective

   causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary

   The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.

2. frighteningadjective

   awful

3. Etymology: frighten + -ing

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frightening

   of Frighten

How to pronounce frightening?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frightening in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frightening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of frightening in a Sentence

1. Laura Hogue:

   He was a recurring nighttime intruder and that was frightening.

2. Chris Crane:

   It should be frightening to every American that a sitting member of Congress would threaten the safety of any person and their family, and incite the public to take acts of violence against them, let alone the lives of those whose job it is to protect us and keep us safe.

3. Ken Dychtwald:

   We also have people dying longer, we are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done a great job of making healthspan match up with lifespan, which is both miserable and unbelievably costly - and frightening.

4. Laurens Van der Post:

   Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

5. Selahattin Demirtas:

   In order to keep the HDP under the threshold, the Palace decided on a war campaign that put attacks against our party in the center, the AK Party and the Palace saw it was possible to increase their support by frightening people. They are going to use it more often now, as they saw that it actually worked.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=frightening
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frightening
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frightening