frightening
Pronunciation change
- IPA (key): /ˈfraɪtənɪŋ/ or /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: fright‧en‧ing
Adjective change
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- If something is frightening, it causes fear, it is scary.
- The ghost ride was so frightening that I screamed the entire time.
Related words change
Verb change
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- The present participle of frighten.