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frightening

frightening

English

Adjective

frightening ‎(comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)

Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
(figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

Synonyms

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Translations

scary

Arabic: مُجَفِّل ‎(mujaffil)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 得人驚 ‎(dak¹ jan⁴ geng¹)

Mandarin: 恐怖 (zh) ‎(kǒngbù), 可怕 (zh) ‎(kěpà)
Dutch: ontstellend (nl), beangstigend (nl), angstaanjagend (nl)
Finnish: pelottava (fi), karmiva, kauhea (fi)
French: effrayant (fr)
Georgian: შემაშინებელი ‎(šemašinebeli), ამაღელვებელი ‎(amaɣelvebeli), დამზაფრავი ‎(damzapravi)
German: schreckerregend, sinjagend
Greek: τρομακτικός (el) m ‎(tromaktikós), φοβιστικός m ‎(fovistikós)
Italian: spaventoso (it)

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

awful

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

Polish: okropny (pl), straszny (pl) m
Russian: стра́шный (ru) ‎(strášnyj), ужа́сный (ru) ‎(užásnyj)
Spanish: terrible (es)

Verb

frightening

present participle of frighten
The scientist was frightening the timid children.