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Showing words for FRIGHTENING using the English dictionary
11 Letter Words for Frightening
frightening
10 Letter Words for Frightening
freighting, refighting, rightening
9 Letter Words for Frightening
fingering, frighting, infighter, nightfire, rehinging, thringing
8 Letter Words for Frightening
enfiring, feigning, feinting, fighting, frighten, fringent, fringing, geniting, ghenting, girthing, greining, grifting, infringe, inhering, neighing, nighting, nitering, refining, reigning, righting, thingier, tingeing, tringine
7 Letter Words for Frightening
enright, ferning, figgier, fighter, fingent, finnier, freight, gentiin, gerning, gifting, ginnier, girning, girting, grignet, grinnie, hefting, heiring, henting, hinging, hinting, igniter, infight, ingenit, inherit, intrine, niftier, nighing, nighter, nightie, nigrine, nithing, refight, reining, renting, rifting, riggite, righten, ringent, ringgit, ringing, ringite, terning, thigger, thinner, tiering, tigrine, tinging, tinnier, trining
6 Letter Words for Frightening
engirt, enring, erning, fennig, feting, figent, finger, fining, finite, finner, firing, fregit, freith, fright, fringe, gieing, giftie, ginger, ginner, ginnet, girnie, greing, greith, heting, hieing, hinger, hinner, hinter, hiring, ignite, infern, ingent, ingine, ingirt, inring, intern, intine, intire, nigger, nigget, nigher, nither, regift, theirn, thring, tigger, tinger, tinier, tining, tinner, tinnie, tiring
5 Letter Words for Frightening
ehing, eight, enfin, engin, ering, feign, feint, ferth, fient, fieri, fight, finer, firth, freit, frigg, frith, genii, genin, genit, gighe, giher, girth, grein, greit, grief, grift, grint, grith, hinge, hiren, ifint, ifrit, inert, infer, infin, infit, inger, inner, innet, innit, inter, iring, ither, neigh, niger, night, niner, ninth, niter, refit, regin, reign, renig, renin, retin, rhein, rhine, rifte, right, ringe, rithe, thegn, thein, their, thief, thine, thing, tiger, tinge, tingi, treif, trine
4 Letter Words for Frightening
eigh, engr, entr, erin, erth, feni, fent, fern, fier, fine, fini, finn, fire, firn, fren, fret, frig, frit, gein, geir, geit, gent, gheg, gien, gift, ging, ginn, gire, giri, girn, girt, gite, gith, gren, gret, grig, grin, grit, heft, heii, heir, heng, hent, hern, hert, higi, hine, hing, hint, hire, init, inne, inti, intr, iter, neif, nein, neth, neti, nief, nife, nigh, nine, reft, regt, reif, rein, reit, renn, rent, rgen, rhet, rife, rift, rigg, rine, ring, rite, tegg, tehr, teng, terf, tern, then, thig, thin, thir, tien, tier, tige, tine, ting, tire, trie, trig, trin
3 Letter Words for Frightening
eft, egg, ehf, eir, eng, erf, erg, ern, ert, eth, feh, fei, fen, fer, fet, fgn, fie, fig, fin, fir, fit, frg, fri, frt, fth, gen, ger, get, ggr, gie, gif, gig, gin, git, grf, gte, hei, hen, her, het, hgt, hie, hin, hir, hit, ife, igg, ign, ihi, inf, ing, inn, int, ire, nef, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nit, nne, nth, ref, reg, reh, rei, rhe, rie, rif, rig, rin, rit, rte, rti, tef, teg, ten, ter, tfr, tgn, the, tie, tig, tin, tng, trf, tri
Definitions for Frightening
[1] to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
[2] to drive (usually followed by away, off, etc.) by scaring: to frighten away pigeons from the roof.
[3] to become frightened: a timid child who frightens easily.
[4] to cause fear in; terrify; scare
[5] to drive or force to go (away, off, out, in, etc) by making afraid
Words related to Frightening
frightendisheartening, daunting, formidable, redoubtable, rebarbative
Words nearby Frightening
frightenfrigate mackerel, frigg, frigging, fright, fright wig, frighten, frightened, frightener, frightful, frightfully, frigid
Origin of Frightening
First recorded in 1660–70; fright + -en1
Other words from Frightening
fright·en·a·ble , adjective
fright·en·er , noun
fright·en·ing·ly , adverb
non·fright·en·ing , adjective
non·fright·en·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·fright·en , verb
un·fright·en·ing , adjective
Synonyms for Frightening
daunting, disheartening, formidable, rebarbative, redoubtable