Exciting
Exciting adjective - Causing great emotional or mental stimulation.
Frightening and exciting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Frightening" instead an adjective "Exciting".
Frightening
Frightening adjective - Causing fear.
Exciting and frightening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exciting" instead an adjective "Frightening".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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She had never been on a roller-coaster, or anything like one, but if she had, she would have recognized the sensations in her breast: they were exciting and frightening at the same time, and she had not the slightest idea why.
Source: Something Else Also Rises
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