Antonyms for frighteningfright·en·ing

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1. terrorization, terrorisation, frighteningadjective

   the act of inspiring with fear

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

   Synonyms:
   terrorization, terrorisation

2. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

How to use frightening in a sentence?

1. Getty Images:

   People are enjoying it. And that’s been very gratifying, because obviously it was very frightening before the book came out — because you hope that people won't reject your life.

2. Eve Byrd:

   They might say,' Oh my gosh, I am not going to be laying on a couch telling my deepest, darkest thoughts. That's frightening,'.

3. Jeremy Farrar:

   This epidemic is in a truly frightening phase and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon, we can expect and should plan for more cases in DRC and neighboring countries.

4. Frank Kelley:

   It's incredibly important, and to be honest... just the threat, the thought that somebody could hack into a system and... turn that against you, that becomes pretty frightening.

5. Elisangela Barros:

   It's very frightening. I'm worried my daughter will have microcephaly, my neighborhood is poor and full of mosquitoes, trash and has no running water. Five of my neighbors have Zika.

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