frightening
f rahy tuh ning
- n the act of inspiring with fear
- v cause fear in
- v drive out by frightening
- s causing fear or dread or terror
- The notion, he admits, is a bit frightening, but he jokes that it would also be cheating.
- The second act condenses the cinema-vrit longueurs of the film into a dark, funny and frightening portrait of two recluses who can't live with or without each other.
- That's because, although defeated, although dead, this man is frightening.