Frightful
Frightful adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a frightful sound emanated from somewhere deep within the forest
Terrifying is a synonym for frightful in participle topic. In some cases you can use "Terrifying" instead an adjective "Frightful", when it comes to topics like terrible, alarming.
Terrifying
Terrifying adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: heard a terrifying noise coming from the next room
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dread and frightful
- dread and terrifying
- hideous and frightful
- hideous and terrifying
- terrible and frightful
- terrible and terrifying
- dreadful and frightful
- dreadful and terrifying
- horrendous and frightful
- horrendous and terrifying
- horrible and frightful
- horrible and terrifying
- appalling and frightful
- appalling and terrifying
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