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frightening
Overview of noun frightening
The noun frightening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. terrorization, terrorisation, frightening -- (the act of inspiring with fear)
Overview of verb frighten
The verb frighten has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright -- (cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her")
2. (1) frighten -- (drive out by frightening)
Overview of adj frightening
The adj frightening has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
=> bullying, intimidation
=> aggression
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun frightening
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
=> bullying, intimidation
Antonyms of noun frightening
Member Holonyms of noun frightening
Substance Holonyms of noun frightening
Part Holonyms of noun frightening
Member Meronyms of noun frightening
Substance Meronyms of noun frightening
Part Meronyms of noun frightening
Meronyms of noun frightening
Holonyms of noun frightening
Attributes of noun frightening
Derived Forms of noun frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
RELATED TO>(verb) frighten#1
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
Domain of noun frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
TOPIC>(noun) terrorism#1, act of terrorism#1, terrorist act#1
Domain Terms of noun frightening
Familiarity of noun frightening
frightening used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
> bullying, intimidation
=> terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
Meronyms of noun frightening
1 sense of frightening
Holonyms of noun frightening
Grep of noun frightening
frightening
Antonyms of verb frighten
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Also See> frighten off#1; frighten away#1
Sense 2
frighten
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb frighten
1 of 2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> bluff
=> awe
=> terrify, terrorize, terrorise
=> intimidate
=> dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> consternate
=> spook
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Also See> frighten off#1; frighten away#1
Sense 2
frighten
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
'Cause To' of verb frighten
1 of 2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> fear, dread
Derived Forms of verb frighten
1 of 2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
RELATED TO>(noun) frightening#1
=> terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
Domain of verb frighten
Domain Terms of verb frighten
Familiarity of verb frighten
frighten used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
EX: The bad news will frighten him
Sense 2
frighten
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb frighten
2 senses of frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> fuel
=> arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> thrill, tickle, vibrate
=> tempt, invite
=> elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
=> inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
=> titillate
Sense 2
frighten
> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> frighten
=> fire
=> clear the air
=> banish
=> shoo off, shoo, shoo away
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb frighten
Sense 1
frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
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Sense 2
frighten
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
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Grep of verb frighten
frighten
frighten away
frighten off
Antonyms of adj frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
awful, dire, direful, dread(prenominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming
Similarity of adj frightening
1 sense of frightening
Sense 1
awful, dire, direful, dread(prenominal), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
=> alarming (vs. unalarming)
Pertainyms of adj frightening
Attributes of adj frightening
Domain of adj frightening
Domain Terms of adj frightening
Familiarity of adj frightening
frightening used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj frightening
frightening
Grep of adv frightening
frighteningly
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