frightening
adjective
1. causing fear or dread or terror
Similar word(s): alarming, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible
Sentences with frightening as an adjective:
- The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
noun
1. the act of inspiring with fear
Similar word(s): terrorization
Definition categories: act, bullying, intimidation
verb
1. present participle of frighten
- The scientist was frightening the timid children.