英语词汇“frightening”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	frightening
例句	frighteningfrightening /ˈfraɪtn-ɪŋ/ adjective ► frightening making you feel frightened. Frightening sounds a little formal or literary: It was frightening to realize that we were completely alone. ► scary making you feel frightened. Scary is less formal than frightening: I didn’t want to watch the movie before I went to bed, because it was too scary. ► terrifying making someone extremely frightened: The bear ran toward us; it was absolutely terrifying. ► alarming making you feel suddenly frightened and worried because you realize there is a problem or danger: Bees are dying at an alarming rate, which is dangerous for farming. ► intimidating making you feel worried or afraid because you feel you do not have enough confidence to deal with a situation: He finds long books intimidating. ► eerie strange and scary. You use eerie especially about sounds and things you see: There was an eerie howling sound coming from the backyard. The fire made an eerie glow on the man’s face. ► spooky scary because something reminds you of ghosts or similar things. You use spooky especially about places, and sometimes about people: The empty rooms upstairs were spooky in the dark. ► creepy if something is creepy, it makes you feel frightened, and you feel slightly sick or uncomfortable when you think about it. You use creepy especially about people and places: The way the old woman looked at me was really creepy. ADVERBS: frightening You can make the adjectives that mean frightening into adverbs by using an -ly ending: The story about a disease that kills most of the population was frighteningly real. \| The future seems scarily uncertain. \| The house was eerily quiet.
随便看	unfinished unfold unforeseen unforgettable unfortunate unfortunately unfriendly unhappiness unhappy unharmed unhealthy unhurried uniform unify unimportant uninformed uninhabited unintentional unintentionally uninterested uninteresting unique unit unite universal

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