FRIGHTENING
\fɹˈa͡ɪtənɪŋ], \fɹˈaɪtənɪŋ], \f_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of FRIGHTENING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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"
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to inspire with fear
By Princeton University
