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Synonyms for frightening
fright·en·ing

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  1. terrorization, terrorisation, frighteningadjective

    the act of inspiring with fear

    Synonyms:
    terrorization, terrorisation

    Antonyms:
    unalarming

  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

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#6918terrible
#8709horrible
#9392scary
#14061shocking
#17151worrying
#19357creepy
#20756frightening
#21332chilling
#21711spooky
#22594daunting
#22989fearful
#23144alarming
#23190dreadful
#25388terrifying
#26052horrific
#29891appalling
#38864horrendous
#39885horrifying
#51495fearsome
#54515frightful

How to use frightening in a sentence?

  1. Davide Tabarelli:

    Italy has the tightest regulations in Europe that don't exist elsewhere and they're frightening off investors, with so much uncertainty, who will have the courage to invest even outside the 12 mile line?

  2. Michael Trice:

    It's scary. It's frightening, if you're not condemning it consistently, and if your proxies within your campaign are not working against it and trying to do something different, then that's a real issue.

  3. Gregorio Millett:

    It makes the specter of Covid-19 even more frightening, it places just one more additional burden It could be devastating.

  4. Elena Kagan:

    The Court appoints itself – instead of Congress or the expert agency – the decision-maker on climate policy, i cannot think of many things more frightening.

  5. Jasmine Crenshaw:

    The statements made by the deputy police chief and the event’s ostentatious show of power send an ominous, frightening message: that, as an official stance, law enforcement will not tolerate expressions acknowledging our nation’s history of unequal treatment and systematic oppression, the magnitude of this event chills the belief that police should be held accountable when they abuse their power or discriminate against people of color, and pressures student athletes to act as props of the police.


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