frightening

Noun

• the act of inspiring with fear

Verb

• cause fear in
• drive out by frightening
• present participle and gerund of frighten

Adjective Satellite

• causing fear or dread or terror

Adj

• Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
• Awful, terrible, very bad.

Examples

• Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.

Synonyms

affright, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, fright, frighten, horrendous, horrific, scare, terrible, terrorisation, terrorization, affreux, alarming, appalling, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrifying, horripilating, pulse-pounding, scaring, scary, shocking, skin-crawling, terrifying, terrorsome

Antonyms

nonfrightening, unfrightening

Related Words

afraid, disheartening, fear, frighten

Anagrams of frightening