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frightening

DEFINITIONS OF: frightening

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adj causing fear or dread or terror

Synonyms:
awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible
alarming
frightening because of an awareness of danger

n the act of inspiring with fear

Synonyms:
terrorisation, terrorization
Type of:
bullying, intimidation
the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
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