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| 1. | [ adjective ] causing fear or dread or terror | |
| Synonyms: | terrible dreadful awful fearful fearsome dreaded dread horrendous horrific direful dire | |
| Examples: | "the awful war" "an awful risk" "dire news" "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" "the dread presence of the headmaster" "a dreaded disease" "a dreadful storm" "a fearful howling" |
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| Related terms: | alarming | |
| 2. | [ noun ] to inspire with fear | |
| Synonyms: | terrorisation terrorization | |
| Related terms: | bullying frighten | |
| Similar spelling: |
frighteningly frighten frightened frighten_off freighter freight_rate frighten_away freight_agent freightage freight_train frightfulness frightful freight_liner |
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