Complete Definition of "frightening"

English

Etymology
frighten + -ing

Pronunciation
audio|en-uk-frightening.ogg|Audio (UK)

Adjective
en-adj

  1. causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary

#:The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.

  1. awful

Translations
trans-top|scary
Finnish: pelottava, karmiva, kauhea
Japanese: ��(���, kowai)
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Russian: ����а�ение|����а�е�ние (ustrashénie) n, о�п�гивание|о�п��гивание (otpúgivanie) n
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trans-top|awful
Finnish: kauhea
trans-mid
Russian: ����а�ение|����а�е�ние (ustrashénie) n, о�п�гивание|о�п��гивание (otpúgivanie) n
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Verb
frightening

  1. present participle of|frighten

#:The scientist was frightening the timid children.

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