Thesaurus:frightening

Thesaurus

frightening

English

Adjective

Sense: causing fear

Synonyms

• affreux
• alarming
• appalling
• awful
• fearful
• flesh-crawling
• formidable
• frightening
• frightful
• ghastly
• grisly
• hair-curling
• hair-raising
• horrible
• horrid
• horrific
• horrifying
• horripilating
• pulse-pounding
• scaring
• scary
• shocking
• skin-crawling
• terrible
• terrifying

See also

• Thesaurus:frighten
• Thesaurus:fear
• Thesaurus:disheartening
• Thesaurus:afraid

Further reading

• “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “frightening” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.