slovo | definícia |
frightening (encz) | frightening,děsivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frightening (encz) | frightening,hrozivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Frightening (gcide) | Frighten \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frightening.] [See Fright, v. t.]
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
fright; to affright; to terrify.
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More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.
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frightening (wn) | frightening
adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a),
dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome,
frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
n 1: the act of inspiring with fear [syn: terrorization,
terrorisation, frightening] |
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frighteningly (encz) | frighteningly,děsivě adv: Zdeněk Brožfrighteningly,hrozivě adv: Zdeněk Brožfrighteningly,strašlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Frightening (gcide) | Frighten \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frightening.] [See Fright, v. t.]
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
fright; to affright; to terrify.
[1913 Webster]
More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb.
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frighteningly (wn) | frighteningly
adv 1: in an alarming manner; "the disturbing thing about the
Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it
too often rings frighteningly true" [syn:
frighteningly, scarily] |
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