Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with frightening in American Collocation
frightening
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈfraɪt(ə)nɪŋ/
very
deeply
extremely
particularly
really
so
terribly
too
very
Panic attacks are extremely frightening, but remember: noone has ever died from one.
genuinely
downright
genuinely
positively
truly
Hallowe’en has become a genuinely frightening time for some.
rather
almost
a little
pretty
quite
rather
slightly
somewhat
For a moment it was quite frightening as they stood above us shouting something that we couldn’t understand.
be
find something
look
seem
sound
She needs a lot of support to do things that she finds frightening.
While this might sound frightening, it can actually be helpful.