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frightening

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frighten/ˈfrʌɪtn/

▶verb cause to be afraid.

■ (frighten someone off) drive someone away by frightening them.

– derivatives
frightened adjective,
frightening adjective,
frighteningly adverb.

'frightening' also found in these Oxford entries:

blood-curdling - eerie - fearsome - frighten - frightener - gorgon - hair-raising - monster - monstrous - nightmare - pluck - scare - scaremonger - scary - spine-tingling

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a really frightening thing to see
because frightening to look upon
frightening or frightened
frightening people
frightening someone out of one year's growth

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