frightening
US: /ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋ/, /ˈfɹaɪtnɪŋ/
UK: /fɹˈaɪtənɪŋ/
UK: /fɹˈaɪtənɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
frightening
- tính từ
- kinh khủng, khủng khiếp
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
making you feel afraid: a frightening experience / prospect / thought + It's frightening to think it could happen again. + The noise was frightening.
frighteningly adverb: The battle scenes were frighteningly realistic.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
terrifying, alarming, startling, shocking, petrifying, horrifying, dismaying, appalling, unnerving, dire, distressing, daunting, intimidating, formidable, frightful, fearful, hair-raising, harrowing, dreadful, Colloq scary, spooky:
Skydiving can be a frightening experience. The sight of their mangled bodies was frightening.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get
The situation was getting quite frightening.
| make sth
What can we do to make the experience less frightening?
| find sth
He found the responsibility rather frightening.
ADV.
extremely, genuinely, positively, really, truly, very | almost | a bit, fairly, a little, pretty, quite, rather
PREP.
for
This is extremely frightening for elderly people.
| to
It was all very frightening to a small boy.
Concise English dictionary
frightens|frightened|frightening'fraɪtn
verb
+cause fear in
+drive out by frightening
