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frightening definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb frighten 1 of 2 senses of frighten Sense 1 frighten, fright, scare, affright => bluff => awe => terrify, terrorize, terrorise => intimidate => horrify => dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify => spook Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb frighten 1 of 2 senses of frighten Sense 1 frighten, fright, scare, affright => bluff => awe => overawe, cow => buffalo => terrify, terrorize, terrorise => panic => intimidate => hold over => strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around hector, push around => tyrannize, domineer => horrify => shock => dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify => spook Entailment of verb frighten Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb frighten 2 senses of frighten Sense 1 frighten, fright, scare, affright => stimulate, shake, shake up excite, stir Also See-> frighten off#1; frighten away#1 Sense 2 frighten => chase away drive out turn back drive away dispel, drive off run off Familiarity of verb frighten frighten used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb frighten Sense 1 frighten, fright, scare, affright => stimulate, shake, shake up excite, stir -------------- Sense 2 frighten => chase away drive out turn back drive away dispel, drive off run off -------------- Grep of noun frightening frightening Overview of noun frightening The noun frightening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. terrorization, terrorisation, frightening -- (to inspire with fear) Overview of verb frighten The verb frighten has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me") 2. (1) frighten -- (drive out by frightening) Overview of adj frightening The adj frightening has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (6) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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 of adj frightening 1 sense of frightening Sense 1 awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming Similarity of adj frightening 1 sense of frightening Sense 1 awful, dire, direful, dread(postnominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible => alarming (vs. unalarming) Attributes of adj frightening Familiarity of adj frightening frightening used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj frightening frightening Overview of noun frightening The noun frightening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. terrorization, terrorisation, frightening -- (to inspire with fear) Overview of verb frighten The verb frighten has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me") 2. (1) frighten -- (drive out by frightening) Overview of adj frightening The adj frightening has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (6) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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")
frightening definition
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