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    • frightening :causing fear or dread or terror
      • the awful war|an awful risk|dire news|a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked|the dread presence of the headmaster|polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was|a dreadful storm|a fearful howling|horrendous explosions shook the city|a terrible curse

    • frightening :the act of inspiring with fear

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