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
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.