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FRIGHTENING

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1 sense for frightening as a Noun:

Synonyms:
- Terrorization
- Terrorisation
- Frightening
Definitions:
- the act of inspiring with fear

2 senses for frighten as a Verb:

Synonyms:
- Frighten
- Fright
- Scare
- Affright
Definitions:
- cause fear in
Examples:
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
Synonyms:
- Frighten
Definitions:
- drive out by frightening

Verb related (for frighten)
frighten away
frighten off

1 sense for frightening as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Awful
- Dire
- Direful
- Dread
- Dreaded
- Dreadful
- Fearful
- Fearsome
- Frightening
- Horrendous
- Horrific
- Terrible
Definitions:
- causing fear or dread or terror
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:
- Unalarming

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