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TOEFL BNC: 5558 COCA: 5540

— frightening

adjective [more frightening; most frightening]
TOEFL BNC: 5558 COCA: 5540

frightening

adjective

fright·​en·​ing ˈfrī-tᵊn-iŋ How to pronounce frightening (audio)
ˈfrīt-niŋ
: causing fear
frightening news
a very frightening experience
The man with red eyes made the frightening grimace that passed for his smile. Madeleine L'Engle
For a man who had tussled with crocs, venomous snakes and other frightening creatures, this was going to be a leisurely swim. Jennifer Wulff et al.

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of frighten

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of frightening was in 1652
TOEFL BNC: 5558 COCA: 5540
frightening

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe, feel, look, seem, sound可怕;覺得恐怖;看上去嚇人;似乎挺嚇人;聽起來嚇人become, get變得可怕The situation was getting frightening.局勢變得可怕起來。make sth使⋯變得嚇人What can we do to make the experience less frightening?我們怎樣才能使這事兒不那麼嚇人呢?find sth覺得⋯嚇人He found the responsibility rather frightening.他覺得責任過重,讓人恐懼。ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常嚇人genuinely, positively, truly確實/肯定/真的嚇人almost幾乎讓人害怕a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/有幾分嚇人PREPOSITIONfor對⋯來說是可怕的This is extremely frightening for elderly people.這對老年人來說極其可怕。to對⋯來說是可怕的It was all very frightening to a small boy.這對一個小男孩來說非常可怕。

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