frightening

English

Etymology

frighten +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

frightening (comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)

Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
(figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

Synonyms

Thesaurus:frightening

Derived terms

frighteningly

Translations

scary

Arabic: مُجَفِّل‎‎ (mujaffil)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 得人驚 (dak¹ jan⁴ geng¹)

Mandarin: 恐怖 (zh) (kǒngbù), 可怕 (zh) (kěpà)
Dutch: ontstellend (nl), beangstigend (nl), angstaanjagend (nl)
Finnish: pelottava (fi), karmiva, kauhea (fi)
French: effrayant (fr)
Galician: aterrecedor (gl)
Georgian: შემაშინებელი (šemašinebeli), ამაღელვებელი (amaɣelvebeli), დამზაფრავი (damzapravi)
German: schreckerregend, sinjagend

Greek: τρομακτικός (el) m (tromaktikós), φοβιστικός m (fovistikós)
Italian: spaventoso (it)
Japanese: 恐い (ja) (こわい, kowai), 怖い (ja) (こわい, kowai)
Polish: przerażający (pl) m
Portuguese: assustador (pt)
Russian: пуга́ющий (ru) (pugájuščij)
Spanish: alarmante (es)
Swedish: skrämmande (sv)
Turkish: korkutucu (tr)
Ukrainian: жахливий (žáklyvyj)

awful

Dutch: afschuwelijk (nl)
Finnish: kauhea (fi)
Galician: noxento
Greek: τρομακτικός (el) m (tromaktikós)

Polish: okropny (pl), straszny (pl) m
Russian: стра́шный (ru) (strášnyj), ужа́сный (ru) (užásnyj)
Spanish: terrible (es)

Verb

frightening

present participle of frighten
The scientist was frightening the timid children.

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