| ADJECTIVE | all | frightening, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible | causing fear or dread or terror |
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| NOUN | act | frightening, terrorization, terrorisation | the act of inspiring with fear |
| Sounds | fray'tahnihng; fray'tnihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Causing fear or dread or terror. | |
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| Synonyms | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible | |
| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| Spanish | alarmante, calamitoso, espantosa, espantoso, fatal, horrendo, horrible, horrorosa, horroroso, pavoroso, sobrecogedor, temible, temido, terrible, tremendo | |
| Catalan | alarmant, calamitós, esfereïdor, espantós, esparverador, fatal, horrible, horripilant, horrorós, paorós, temible, terrible | |
| Adverbs | frighteningly | in an alarming manner |
| Meaning | The act of inspiring with fear. | |
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| Synonyms | terrorization, terrorisation | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| Broader | bullying, intimidation | The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something |
| Verbs | frighten | drive out by frightening |
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