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frighteningly
Variant of frighten
transitive verb
- to cause to feel fright; make suddenly afraid; scare; terrify
- to force (away, out, or off) or bring (into a specified condition) by making afraid: to frighten someone into confessing
intransitive verb
to become suddenly afraid
Related Forms:
- frighteningly adverb
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