Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: skrikwekkend
- Amharic: የሚሰጡዋቸውን
- Arabic: مخيفة
- Azerbaijani: qorxuram
- Bashkir: ҡурҡыныс
- Belarusian: страшна
- Bulgarian: страшно
- Bengali: ভয়ানক
- Bosnian: zastrašujuće
- Catalan: aterridor
- Cebuano: makahahadlok
- Czech: děsivé
- Welsh: brawychus
- Danish: skræmmende
- German: erschreckend
- Greek: τρομακτικό
- Esperanto: timiga
- Spanish: aterrador
- Estonian: hirmutav
- Basque: beldurgarria
- Persian: ترسناک
- Finnish: pelottavaa
- French: effrayant
- Irish: scanrúil
- Scottish Gaelic: frightening
- Galician: asustado
- Gujarati: ડર
- Hebrew: מפחיד
- Hindi: भयावह
- Croatian: zastrašujuće
- Haitian: pè
- Hungarian: ijesztő
- Armenian: սարսափելի է
- Indonesian: menakutkan
- Icelandic: ógnvekjandi
- Italian: spaventoso
- Japanese: 恐ろしい
- Javanese: medeni
- Georgian: საშიში
- Kazakh: қорқынышты
- Khmer: ភ័យខ្លាច
- Kannada: ಭಯಾನಕ
- Korean: 무서운
- Kyrgyz: страшно
- Latin: meticulosa
- Luxembourgish: erschreckend
- Lao: ຢ້ານ
- Lithuanian: baisu
- Latvian: biedējoši
- Malagasy: mampatahotra
- Mari: шучко
- Maori: ri'ari'a
- Macedonian: застрашувачки
- Malayalam: ഭയാനകമായ
- Mongolian: аймшигтай
- Marathi: भयप्रद
- Hill Mari: шучко
- Malay: menakutkan
- Maltese: biża
- Burmese: ကြောက်
- Nepali: डरलाग्दो
- Dutch: beangstigend
- Norwegian: skremmende
- Punjabi: ਡਰਾਉਣੇ
- Papiamento: atraso
- Polish: straszne
- Portuguese: assustador
- Romanian: înfricoșătoare
- Russian: страшно
- Sinhalese: භයානක
- Slovak: desivé
- Slovenian: prestrašila
- Albanian: e frikshme
- Serbian: страшно
- Sundanese: frightening
- Swedish: skrämmande
- Swahili: kutisha
- Tamil: அச்சுறுத்தலான
- Telugu: భయపెట్టే
- Tajik: дахшатнок
- Thai: น่าตื่นตระหนก
- Tagalog: nakakatakot
- Turkish: korkutucu
- Tatar: куркыныч
- Udmurt: кышкыт
- Ukrainian: страшно
- Urdu: خوفناک
- Uzbek: qo'rqinchli
- Vietnamese: đáng sợ
- Xhosa: frightening
- Yiddish: שרעקלעך
- Chinese: 可怕的
Synonyms, close and similar words for frightening
- gruesome
- creepy
- horrid
- direful
- ghastly
- formidable
- alarming
- dreaded
- fearsome
- redoubtable
- terrific
- awful
- hideous
- fearful
- dire
- appalling
- horrific
- dreadful
- dread
- intimidating
- terrifying
- scary
- horrendous
- awesome
- forbidding
- intimidation
- terrorization