frightening

English

frightening (comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)

Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
(figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

scary

Arabic: مُجَفِّل‎ (mujaffil)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 得人驚 (dak¹ jan⁴ geng¹)

Mandarin: 恐怖 (zh) (kǒngbù), 可怕 (zh) (kěpà)
Dutch: ontstellend (nl), beangstigend (nl), angstaanjagend (nl)
Finnish: pelottava (fi), karmiva, kauhea (fi)
French: effrayant (fr)
Galician: aterrecedor (gl)
Georgian: შემაშინებელი (šemašinebeli), ამაღელვებელი (amaɣelvebeli), დამზაფრავი (damzapravi)
German: schreckerregend, sinjagend
Greek: τρομακτικός (el) m (tromaktikós), φοβιστικός m (fovistikós)
Ancient: φοβερός (phoberós), δεινός (deinós)

awful

frightening

present participle of frighten
The scientist was frightening the timid children.

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