Associations to the word «Frightening»
Noun
Adjective
- Eerie
- Disturbing
- Scary
- Fascinating
- Exciting
- Reassuring
- Sinister
- Inhuman
- Disgusting
- Awesome
- Demonic
- Bizarre
- Comforting
- Inexplicable
- Unpleasant
- Painful
- Shocking
- Grotesque
- Strange
- Embarrassing
- Clawed
- Ugly
- Lurking
- Mundane
- Titanic
- Awakening
- Unnatural
- Haunted
- Irrational
- Grim
- Terrible
- Traumatic
- Compelling
- Alarming
- Uncanny
- Pathetic
- Threatening
- Pauline
- Unfamiliar
- Frightened
- Monstrous
- Intense
- Swirling
- Primordial
- Violent
- Murderous
Wiktionary
FRIGHTENING, adjective. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
FRIGHTENING, adjective. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
FRIGHTENING, verb. Present participle of frighten
Dictionary definition
FRIGHTENING, noun. The act of inspiring with fear.
FRIGHTENING, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.