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Adjective Of capable of causing fear alarming terrifying shocking dreadful fearsome horrifying intimidating scary startling appalling daunting dismaying fearful hair-raising menacing spine-chilling blood-curdling chilling disconcerting disturbing spooky unnerving eerie harrowing horrible sinister traumatic awful dire direful dread eldritch forbidding formidable frightful ghastly grim gruesome horrendous macabre monstrous nightmarish redoubtable terrible upsetting baleful bloodcurdling creepy disheartening hairy rebarbative “A shouted threat would have been less frightening than the amused satisfaction in his tone.” Verb Present participle for to cause to feel alarm or fright alarming scaring shocking terrifying startling terrorisingUK terrorizingUS affrighting cowing daunting dismaying intimidating appalling petrifying unnerving unmanning disturbing flustering ruffling shaking panicking spooking agitating alaruming chilling chillin disconcerting frighting horrifying rattling scarifying throwing into panic appalling astounding awing aweing browbeating bulldozing demoralisingUK demoralizingUS deterring discomforting discouraging disheartening disquieting fazing perturbing repelling scaring stiff scaring witless stiffing unhinging upsetting worrying filling someone with fear freezing your blood scaring the bejesus out of chilling someone to the bone getting the wind up giving someone goose pimples scaring away scaring off scaring someone to death striking terror into throwing into a panic chilling someone to the marrow curdling the blood giving one the creeps giving someone the heebie-jeebies making one's flesh creep making teeth chatter making your blood run cold putting the fear of God into putting the wind up scaring the pants off scaring to death throwing into a fright chilling to the bone making blood run cold making your hair stand on end scaring someone half to death scaring someone out of their wits scaring the living daylights out of throwing into a blue funk making someone jump out of their skin “Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors.” Find more words! 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Sentences with the word frightening Words that rhyme with frightening What is the adjective for frightening? What is the adverb for frightening? What is the noun for frightening? What is another word for frighten? Translations for frightening Use our Synonym Finder Watch and Learn Nearby Words frightening away frighteningly frightening off frightening out of your wits frightening someone out of their wits frightening story frighteners frightener frightened to death frightened the living daylights out of frightened the life out of frightened the horses 11-letter Words Starting With f fr fri frig frigh fright frighte frighten frighteni frightenin