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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of inspiring with fear;
[syn: terrorization, terrorisation, frightening]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. causing fear or dread or terror;
- Example: "the awful war"
- Example: "an awful risk"
- Example: "dire news"
- Example: "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
- Example: "the dread presence of the headmaster"
- Example: "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
- Example: "a dreadful storm"
- Example: "a fearful howling"
- Example: "horrendous explosions shook the city"
- Example: "a terrible curse"
[syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frightening
    adj 1: 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,
           frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
    n 1: the act of inspiring with fear [syn: terrorization,
         terrorisation, frightening]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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