frightening meaning
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UK - VerbSUF-ing
- present participle of frighten.
- The scientist was frightening the timid children.
- present participle of frighten.
- AdjectiveCOMmore frighteningSUPmost frightening
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- At such moments, King was contraposed against the more frightening threat, his symbolism making the radicalism of the other party all the more apparent.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of frightening in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "frightening" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.