frightening in English

adjective

1

making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.

a frightening experience

verb

1

make (someone) afraid or anxious.

the savagery of his thoughts frightened him

synonyms: terrifying, horrifying, alarming, startling, white-knuckle, chilling, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, bone-chilling, disturbing, unnerving, intimidating, daunting, dismaying, upsetting, harrowing, traumatic, eerie, sinister, fearsome, nightmarish, macabre, menacing, eldritch, scary, spooky, creepy, hairy, scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, chill someone to the bone/marrow, make someone's blood run cold, scare the living daylights out of, scare stiff, scare someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare to death, scare the pants off, spook, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone jump out of their skin, give someone the heebie-jeebies, make someone's hair curl, scare the bejesus out of, affright

adjective

• terrifying, horrifying, alarming, startling, white-knuckle, chilling, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, bone-chilling, disturbing, unnerving, intimidating, daunting, dismaying, upsetting, harrowing, traumatic, eerie, sinister, fearsome, nightmarish, macabre, menacing, eldritch, scary, spooky, creepy, hairy
• fearsome, dreaded, dreadful, terrible, horrific, direful, dire, fearful, awful, horrendous, dread

noun

• terrorisation, terrorization

verb

• scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, chill someone to the bone/marrow, make someone's blood run cold, scare the living daylights out of, scare stiff, scare someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare to death, scare the pants off, spook, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone jump out of their skin, give someone the heebie-jeebies, make someone's hair curl, scare the bejesus out of, affright
• affright, fright, scare

Use "frightening" in a sentence

1. It was just frightening.

2. His aspect was frightening.

3. Something cold and frightening.

4. That's a frightening thought.

5. The hen kept frightening him .

6. The river is very frightening.

7. These shapes gave me frightening dreams.

8. The frightening waves were like mountains.

9. He found the responsibility rather frightening.

10. The situation was getting quite frightening.

11. Animalistically magnetic and frightening all at once

12. “ARMAGEDDON” is a frightening word to many.

13. The speed of the car was frightening.

14. One night, Nebuchadnezzar had a frightening dream.

15. Don't you go frightening anything down there.

16. 23 The situation was getting quite frightening.

17. This is extremely frightening for elderly people.

18. Repentance indeed is humbling—but not frightening.

19. The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.

20. The intensity of the hurricane was frightening.

21. He was an impostor -- dark, frightening and mysterious.

22. The crime rate in this city is frightening.

23. Starting a new school can be quite frightening.

24. Loss of a child, especially for those of us who have our own children, is frightening, more than frightening, paralyzing, debilitating, impossible.

25. I can imagine how frightening this must be.

26. Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.

27. They're really on the ball, quite frightening sometimes.

28. It was a very unpleasant and frightening attack.

29. 5 The intensity of the hurricane was frightening.

30. It's frightening to think it could happen again.

31. The deathly pallor of her skin was frightening.

32. Having the capacity to compel: a frightening, Compulsive novel

33. The mask was so lifelike it was quite frightening.

34. That's why nuclear war is so frightening - like slapstick.

35. The Beldamme was pretty frightening in her other form

36. Don't stand so near the edge! You're frightening me.

37. The hysteria of the screaming girls was somewhat frightening.

38. The jet zoomed low over the houses, frightening everyone.

39. May I conclude with a frightening thought for Labour.

40. It was the most frightening experience of my life.

41. The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.

42. Please call your dog off it's frightening the children.

43. It was all very frightening to a small boy.

44. His heart bumped in his breast with frightening loudness.

45. I had a frightening encounter with a poisonous snake.

46. With each frightening drop and jarring bump, she screamed loudly.

47. Going into hospital can be very frightening for a child.

48. 1 The mask was so lifelike it was quite frightening.

49. Brazilian Couple's Frightening Cliffhanging Photos Will Make Your Heart Stop

50. 16 Don't stand so near the edge! You're frightening me.