گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'frightening'

1 general:: frightening making you feel frightened: • Being held at gunpoint had been the most frightening moment of his life. • The experience was very frightening. scary especially spoken frightening. Scary is less formal than frightening and is very common in everyday English: • The movie was really scary. • There were some scary moments. chilling frightening, especially because violence, cruelty, or danger is involved: • a chilling tale of revenge, murder and madness • The court heard chilling details about the attack. spooky frightening and strange, especially because something involves ghosts or powers that people do not understand: • The forest is really spooky in the dark. • a spooky coincidence • spooky stories creepy informal frightening in a way that makes you feel nervous, especially when you are not sure exactly why – used especially about places, people, and feelings: • This place is really creepy. Let’s get out of here. • a creepy guy • Do you know that creepy feeling when you're sure someone’s there but you can’t see or hear anything? eerie especially literary strange and frightening: • There was an eerie silence immediately after the bomb went off. • an eerie light • an eerie feeling intimidating making you feel frightened, nervous, or lacking in confidence: • Big schools can be an intimidating place for young children. • Giving evidence in court is often a rather intimidating experience. • the intimidating presence of a large number of soldiers menacing frightening because you think someone is going to hurt you, even though they have not said or done anything violent – used especially about someone’s expression or voice: • The woman had a very menacing look. • ‘I’d like to have a word with you outside,’ he said in a menacing tone. very frightening terrifying extremely frightening: • a terrifying thought • The experience was absolutely terrifying. • She spoke of the terrifying ordeal (= a very bad experience ) when three armed men burst into her house. hair-raising very frightening and involving danger, in a way that is exciting: • hair-raising stories • a hair-raising motorcycle ride through the streets of Havana spine-chilling very frightening – used about films, stories etc that involve frightening or cruel events: • a spine-chilling novel by Stephen King blood-curdling especially literary [ only before noun ] very frightening – used especially about sounds: • a blood-curdling scream • a blood-curdling growl

2 general::   adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get The situation was getting quite frightening. | make sth What can we do to make the experience less frightening? | find sth He found the responsibility rather frightening. ADV. extremely, genuinely, positively, really, truly, very | almost | a bit, fairly, a little, pretty, quite, rather PREP. for This is extremely frightening for elderly people. | to It was all very frightening to a small boy.