frightening
adjective uk/ˈfraɪ.tən.ɪŋ/ us/ˈfraɪ.tən.ɪŋ/
B1 可怕的，令人恐惧的
making you feel fear
a frightening thought 可怕的想法
a frightening film 恐怖电影
It is frightening to think what might happen if she left him. 想到她若离开他后果会怎样让人不寒而栗。
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- The mask was so lifelike it was quite frightening.
- The deathly pallor of her skin was frightening.
- She found the film extremely frightening.
- The firefighters had a frightening task ahead of them.
- There's a frightening similarity between this incident and one that occurred last year.