Definitions for frightening
fright·en·ing

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. terrorization, terrorisation, frightening(adj)

   the act of inspiring with fear

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

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. frightening(Adjective)

   causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary

   The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.

2. frightening(Adjective)

   awful

Origin: frighten + -ing

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Frightening

   of Frighten

How to pronounce frightening?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say frightening in sign language?

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. Moale Fonohema:

   It’s frightening to be honest, but we got it.

2. M. C. Escher:

   I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

3. Brian Burston:

   The weapon of choice now is a truck. What next? It's just frightening.

4. Gertrude Stein:

   Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

5. Nick Haddad:

   We found the results surprising and frightening, the signs are all still downwards.

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