Thesaurus:frightening

Thesaurus:frightening

THESAURUS

frightening

English

Synonyms

• alarming

• appalling

• awful

• fearful

• formidable

• frightening

• frightful

• ghastly

• grisly

• horrible

• horrid

• horrific

• horrifying

• horripilating

• pulse-pounding

• scaring

• scary

• shocking

• terrible

• terrifying

See also

• Thesaurus:frighten
• Thesaurus:fear
• Thesaurus:disheartening
• Thesaurus:afraid

Further reading

• “860. fear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “frightening” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.