What does frightening mean?
Definitions for frightening
fright·en·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
terrorization, terrorisation, frighteningadjective
the act of inspiring with fear
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"
Wiktionary
frighteningadjective
causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
frighteningadjective
awful
Etymology: frighten + -ing
Webster Dictionary
Frightening
of Frighten
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of frightening in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of frightening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of frightening in a Sentence
People are enjoying it. And that’s been very gratifying, because obviously it was very frightening before the book came out — because you hope that people won't reject your life.
What’s really troublesome and almost frightening to know is that we have a commander in chief who does not see the imperative of bringing the Americans home, that’s a longstanding ethos, not just of the military, but of America.
This epidemic is in a truly frightening phase and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon, there are now more deaths than any other Ebola outbreak in history, bar the West Africa Epidemic of 2013-16, and there can be no doubt that the situation could escalate towards those terrible levels.
At times, it was really frightening to see how angry and hostile people were to this idea.
The weapon of choice now is a truck. What next? It's just frightening.
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Translations for frightening
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- مُجَفّلArabic
- Einjagend, SchreckerregendGerman
- φοβιστικός, τρομακτικόςGreek
- terrible, aterrador, alarmanteSpanish
- kauhea, karmiva, pelottavaFinnish
- effrayantFrench
- भयावहHindi
- spaventosoItalian
- 恐い, 怖いJapanese
- ontstellend, beangstigend, afschuwelijk, angstaanjagendDutch
- przerażający, okropny, strasznyPolish
- assustadorPortuguese
- страшный, пугающий, ужасныйRussian
- skrämmandeSwedish
- భయపెట్టేదిTelugu
- korkutucuTurkish
- жахливийUkrainian
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