frightening

English

Etymology

frighten +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

frightening (comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)

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

   The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.

2. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

Synonyms

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Translations

scary

• Arabic: مُجَفّل (ar) (mujáffil)
• Chinese

  Mandarin: 恐怖的 (cmn) (kǒngbù de)

• Dutch: ontstellend (nl), beangstigend (nl), angstaanjagend (nl)
• Finnish: pelottava (fi), karmiva (fi), kauhea (fi)
• French: effrayant (fr)
• German: Schreckerregend (de), Einjagend (de)
• Greek: τρομακτικός (el) (tromaktikós) m, φοβιστικός (el) (fovistikós) m
• Italian: spaventoso (it)

• Japanese: 恐い (ja) (こわい, kowai)
• Polish: przerażający (pl) m
• Portuguese: assustador (pt)
• Russian: пугающий (ru) (pugájuščij)
• Spanish: asustadizo (es), alarmante (es)
• Swedish: skrämmande (sv)
• Turkish: korkutucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: жахливий (uk) (žáklyvyj)

awful

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

• Polish: okropny (pl), straszny (pl) m
• Russian: страшный (ru) (strášnyj), ужасный (ru) (užásnyj)
• Spanish: terrible (es)

Verb

frightening

1. Present participle of frighten.

   The scientist was frightening the timid children.