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)
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)
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) |
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