| 词组 | frightening |
| 释义 | frightening /ˈfraɪtn-ɪŋ/ adjective making you feel afraidnounsa frightening experience Going skiing for the first time can be a frightening experience.a frightening place The forest is a frightening place at night.a frightening moment It was the most frightening moment of my life.a frightening film/book/story There are some frightening stories about people getting lost in the mountains.a frightening thought/prospect (=something frightening that you imagine happening) They faced the frightening prospect of having no money.adverbsextremely/truly/genuinely frightening The whole building was shaking – it was truly frightening.phrasesfind sb/sth frightening I found him a little frightening at first.it is frightening to think/imagine... It’s frightening to think what could happen if terrorists got hold of nuclear materials.THESAURUS: frightening scary especially spokenmovie | film | story | experience | moment | place | monster | feeling | thought frightening. Scary is more informal than frightening and is very common in spoken English: I don’t like watching scary movies. | The subway can be a scary place. | Maybe they’re watching us right now – it’s a scary thought. spooky informalatmosphere | house | place | story | tale | feeling | coincidence frightening and strange, especially because something involves ghosts or powers that people do not understand: The dark shadows created a spooky atmosphere. | They live in a spooky old house in the country. | By some spooky coincidence, they had been born in the same hospital at the same time. creepy informalfeeling | place | house | guy | film frightening because you think there is something strange and unpleasant about someone or something, especially when you are not exactly sure what it is: Do you know that creepy feeling when you think that someone’s watching you? | With the wind whistling through the trees and the cries of the owls, Park House could be a creepy place for a child. | I remember seeing this really creepy film called ‘Magic’. | There was something creepy about him. eerie especially literarysilence | stillness | feeling | sensation | sound | effect | light | glow | coincidence strange and frightening: An eerie silence descended on the house after the soldiers had gone. | An eerie stillness hung over the place like a cloud. | She began to get an eerie feeling that something terrible was about to happen. | The church bells made an eerie sound. chillingtale | account | story | thought | reminder | moment | words | message | facts | discovery | performance frightening, especially because violence, cruelty, or danger is involved: The book is a chilling tale of murder and revenge. | Maybe they had been kidnapped – it was a chilling thought. | The camps are a chilling reminder of the country’s past (=they make you remember something terrible that happened). | The chilling words ‘ethnic cleansing’ were first used about Yugoslavia. | He won an Oscar for his chilling performance as man-eating doctor Hannibal Lecter. intimidatingplace | experience | atmosphere | presence | man | woman making you feel frightened or nervous – used when something makes you lack confidence, or when you feel someone wants to hurt you: Big schools can be intimidating places for young children. | Giving evidence in court is often a rather intimidating experience. | The city remains calm, in spite of the intimidating presence of large numbers of soldiers. | Outside the door was a big, angry, intimidating young man. menacingway | manner | look | presence | tone behaving in a frightening way – used when someone looks like they are about to hurt you: He pointed the rifle at me in a menacing way. | The bull started to move towards her in a rather menacing manner. | The boy had a menacing look on his face. | They became aware of Captain Trentham’s menacing presence. | “I’d like to have a word with you outside,” he said in a menacing tone. alarmingrate | increase | rise | decline | number | proportions very worrying and frightening: Violent crime is increasing at an alarming rate. | There has been an alarming increase in violence against the homeless. | He noticed an alarming rise in the numbers of children with the disease. | An alarming number of journalists have been killed. | In Egypt, the problem has reached alarming proportions. dauntingtask | challenge | experience | prospect | thought if something is daunting, you are worried because you think it may be too difficult: Dealing with climate change is an incredibly daunting task. | Flying four kites at the same time is a daunting challenge for anyone. | Your first solo show can be a very daunting experience. | Giving a speech may seem a daunting prospect.very frightening terrifyingexperience | ordeal | moment | prospect | thought | situation extremely frightening: Crossing the ocean alone must have been a truly terrifying experience. | The hostages knew that their terrifying ordeal was over (=a very frightening situation that causes a lot of suffering). | For one terrifying moment, he thought he was going to be killed. | The gang all had knives – it was a terrifying situation. hair-raisingadventure | story | ride | experience | encounter very frightening and involving danger, in a way that is exciting: The film tells the story of his hair-raising adventures in the jungles of South America. | They went on a hair-raising ride through the mountains. | We had a hair-raising encounter with a family of bears (=a very frightening meeting). spine-chillingstory | tale | novel | movie | film | music | moment | experience a spine-chilling story, film etc is very frightening, because very violent and cruel things happen: The book is a spine-chilling tale of obsession and murder. | ‘The Bone Collector’ is a spine-chilling novel. | He wrote the spine-chilling music for Hitchcock’s film ‘Psycho’. | There are some spine-chilling moments and I’m glad I wasn’t watching the film on my own. blood-curdling especially literaryscream | howl | sound a blood-curdling sound is very frightening: I heard a blood-curdling scream in the middle of the night. | There was a long blood-curdling howl, and then silence. |
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