Sinonim frightening

English Thesaurus

1. the act of inspiring with fear (noun.act)

hypernym	:	bullying, intimidation,
definition	:	the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something (noun.act)

domain category	:	act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act,
definition	:	the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear (noun.act)

2. causing fear or dread or terror (adj.all)

similar	:	alarming,
definition	:	frightening because of an awareness of danger (adj.all)

3. the act of inspiring with fear (noun.act)

derivation	:	affright, fright, frighten, scare,
definition	:	cause fear in (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	terrify, terrorise, terrorize,
definition	:	fill with terror; frighten greatly (verb.emotion)

4. causing fear or dread or terror (adj.all)

derivation	:	awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness,
definition	:	a quality of extreme unpleasantness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread,
definition	:	fearful expectation or anticipation (noun.feeling)

5. the act of inspiring with fear (noun.act)

derivation	:	affright, fright, frighten, scare,
definition	:	cause fear in (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	terrify, terrorise, terrorize,
definition	:	fill with terror; frighten greatly (verb.emotion)

6. causing fear or dread or terror (adj.all)

derivation	:	awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness,
definition	:	a quality of extreme unpleasantness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread,
definition	:	fearful expectation or anticipation (noun.feeling)