- present participle of frighten.
frightening
Example Sentences
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Brando was known as an intense method actor and Saint admitted to having found him "adorable" but "a little frightening".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Most of those worrisome capabilities do not exist today in anything approaching their most frightening forms.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Even more frightening are the claims made about how this information is gathered.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 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
But the faces of the men before the mast were frightening to watch.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
