Frightening

Adjective

 * 1) causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
 * The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
 * 1) awful

Synonyms

 * Thesaurus:frightening

Verb
frightening


 * The scientist was frightening the timid children.
 * The scientist was frightening the timid children.

Thesaurus
alarming, appalling, awing, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, chilling, cowing, daunting, demoralization, deterrent, deterring, dire, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, hair-raising, harrowing, hectoring, horrifying, intimidating, intimidation, overawing, petrifying, psychological warfare, scaring, scary, shocking, spooky, startling, terrifying, war of nerves

Etymology
frighten + -ing

Adjective

 * Arabic: (mujáffil)
 * Chinese: 恐怖的 (kǒngbù de)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: Schreckerregend, Einjagend
 * Greek: τρομαχτικόσ
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 恐い (こわい, kowai)
 * Polish: przerażający
 * Russian: пугающий
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: korkutucu
 * Ukrainian: жахливий


 * Finnish:
 * Polish: ,


 * Russian: страшный, ужасный
 * Spanish: