Associations to the word «Frightening»
Noun
- Dizziness
- Menace
- Odd
- Depiction
- Fang
- Anu
- Brute
- Noise
- Hiss
- Ghost
- Fear
- Rapidity
- Regularity
- Ful
- Roar
- Heretic
- Pax
- Handler
- Unknown
- Wrath
- Hysteria
- Demon
- Villain
- Scarlett
- Attacker
- Bellow
- Awe
- Apparition
- Shiver
- Threat
- Healing
- Lightning
- Grin
- Dracula
- Anger
- Suspense
- Unison
- Grayson
- Darkness
- Harrington
- Regis
- Something
- Reality
- Gentle
- Politeness
- Speed
- Thriller
- Violence
- Imagining
- Brief
- Werewolf
Adjective
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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.