Frightening

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frighten \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. {Frightened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Frightening}.] [See {Fright}, v. t.]
     To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
     fright; to affright; to terrify.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           More frightened than hurt.               --Old Proverb.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frightening
       adj : causing fear or dread or terror; "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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded},
              {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome}, {horrendous}, {horrific},
              {terrible}]
       n : to inspire with fear [syn: {terrorization}, {terrorisation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "frightening":
     alarming, appalling, awing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying,
     chilling, cowing, daunting, demoralization, deterrent, deterring,
     dire, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying,
     disquieting, distressing, dreadful, fear-inspiring, fearful,
     fearsome, formidable, frightful, hair-raising, harrowing,
     hectoring, horrifying, intimidating, intimidation, overawing,
     petrifying, psychological warfare, scaring, scary, shocking,
     spooky, startling, terrifying, war of nerves