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frightening
adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [synonym: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)},
{dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome},
{frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific}, {terrible}]
n 1: the act of inspiring with fear [synonym: {terrorization},
{terrorisation}, {frightening}]