frightening
/ˈfrʌɪt(ə)nɪŋ
/ /ˈfrʌɪtnɪŋ/adjective
Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying: a frightening experience...
- It's going to be a very new experience for us, and it could be a frightening one, too.
- It's a frightening situation and it's gotten to the point where I dread turning the news on.
- But it is a strange and somewhat frightening thing when you are in the middle of it.