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English adjective: frightening | |||
| 1. | frightening causing fear or dread or terror | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible | ||
| Similar | alarming | ||
| Antonyms | unalarming | ||
English noun: frightening | |||
| 1. | frightening (act) the act of inspiring with fear | ||
| Synonyms | terrorisation, terrorization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bullying, intimidation | ||
| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
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