- present participle of frighten.
frightening
Example Sentences
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This is a very real part of life for students at historically black colleges and universities, but that doesn’t make it any less frightening.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
The director of ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Weapons’ returns with a reboot of the long-running series that proves a funny, frightening, altogether refreshing horror movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
That makes it seem so tame, but it’s so, so frightening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But her life took a dramatic and frightening turn during a performance of Queen musical We Will Rock You at the London Coliseum.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
There’s one channel that has nothing but the most frightening shows about wild animals attacking one another.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
