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How to pronounce “frightening”
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Pronunciation guide for frightening
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of frightening with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy 18 minutes
This is frightening.
- Definition summary
- Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce frightening
Sam Richards: A radical experiment in empathy 18 minutes
This is frightening.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “frightening”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
- (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of frighten
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