Frightening (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The abandoned asylum was a frightening place to explore at night.
- The thought of public speaking was frightening for many students in the class.
- The movie's frightening plot twist left the audience gasping in shock.
- The frightening statistics on climate change motivated the community to take action.
- The frightening howls of the wolves in the forest sent chills down the hikers' spines.