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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Frightening:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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