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frightening

adj
/ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋ/

Etymology

From frighten + -ing.

  1. inherited from *frightenen✻
  2. suffixed as frightening — “frighten + ing”

Definitions

  1. Causing fear

    Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.

    • Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
    • The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye. The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly. Danger is his business.

  2. Awful, terrible, very bad.

  3. present participle and gerund of frighten

    • The scientist was frightening the timid children.

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Derived

frighteningly, nonfrightening, unfrightening

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at frightening. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01frightening02terrible03terror04intense05strong06power07coerce08intimidation09fearful

A definitional loop anchored at frightening. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at frightening

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA