Associations to the word «Frightening»
Noun
Adjective
- Eerie
- Disturbing
- Scary
- Fascinating
- Exciting
- Reassuring
- Sinister
- Inhuman
- Disgusting
- Awesome
- Demonic
- Bizarre
- Comforting
- Inexplicable
- Unpleasant
- Painful
- Shocking
- Grotesque
- Strange
- Embarrassing
- Clawed
- Ugly
- Lurking
- Mundane
- Titanic
- Awakening
- Unnatural
- Haunted
- Irrational
- Grim
- Terrible
- Traumatic
- Compelling
- Alarming
- Uncanny
- Pathetic
- Threatening
- Pauline
- Unfamiliar
- Frightened
- Monstrous
- Intense
- Swirling
- Primordial
- Violent
- Murderous
Wiktionary
FRIGHTENING, adjective. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
FRIGHTENING, adjective. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
FRIGHTENING, verb. Present participle of frighten
Dictionary definition
FRIGHTENING, noun. The act of inspiring with fear.
FRIGHTENING, adjective. 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".
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