frightening
n.n. making you feel afraid or anxious. You use this to describe something that scares you, like a loud noise or a scary movie.
n. causing fear, dread, or alarm. Often used to describe external stimuli or situations that provoke an immediate emotional response of terror.
The dark forest looks very frightening at night.
It was frightening to realize how quickly the storm clouds were moving toward the small boat.
The sudden drop in the stock market was frightening for investors who had placed their entire life savings into a single volatile industry.
From frighten + -ing.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun or a predicative adjective after a linking verb.
I am very frightening of spiders.I am very frightened of spiders.Learners often confuse the -ing adjective (the cause of the feeling) with the -ed adjective (the person experiencing the feeling).