frightening
adjective /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/
/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/
- making you feel afraid
- a frightening experience/prospect/thought
- a truly frightening horror movie
- The noise was frightening.
- it is frightening to think, see, hear, etc… It's frightening to think it could happen again.
- frightening to somebody It was all very frightening to a small boy.
- frightening for somebody This is extremely frightening for elderly people.
Extra Examples- The situation was getting frightening.
- What can we do to make the experience less frightening?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- for
- to