frightening
/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrī-tᵊn-iŋ ˈfrīt-niŋ/ (ame, mw)
frightening — 形容詞
- frighteningpositive
- more frighteningcomparative
- most frighteningsuperlative
1. Something that is frightening makes you feel afraid or worried that something ba
令人害怕
使人感到恐懼的
Something that is frightening makes you feel afraid or worried that something bad might happen.
The thunderstorm was so frightening that seven-year-old Hui hid under her bed.
那場雷雨非常可怕，七歲的 Hui 嚇得躲到床底下。
so + adj + that clause
Walking home alone through the empty streets at midnight felt frightening to the young nurse.
深夜獨自走在空無一人的街道上，讓這位年輕護士感到害怕。
Aarav found the horror movie too frightening and left the cinema after twenty minutes.
Aarav 覺得那部恐怖片太嚇人了，二十分鐘後就離場了。
It was frightening to watch the old library collapse during the earthquake.
看著那棟老舊的圖書館在地震中倒塌，令人感到恐懼。
The dark basement was frightening for the children even with all the lights on.
即使所有燈都亮著，那個漆黑的地下室對孩子們來說還是很可怕。
- scary
more informal and common in everyday conversation; slightly less intense
- terrifying
stronger — causes extreme or overwhelming fear
- alarming
suggests sudden worry or concern rather than deep fear; often used for news or statistics
- spooky
informal; suggests an eerie or supernatural kind of fear
- reassuring
calms anxiety and restores confidence
- comforting
soothes fear and provides emotional warmth
文法句型
be + frightening
find + sth/sb + frightening
it + be + frightening + to-infinitive
so + frightening + that-clause
frightening + for + person
用法筆記
Commonly used with intensifiers (very, really, quite, extremely). Frequently appears in the pattern 'find + object + frightening' and in extraposed structures like 'It is frightening to [verb].' Less intense than terrifying but stronger than scary (informal).