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"word": "ཞེད་སྣང་ཚ་པོ"
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"(figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad."
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"ipa": "/ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋ/"
},
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"ipa": "/ˈfɹaɪtnɪŋ/"
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"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "affreux"
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"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "alarming"
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{
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"word": "flesh-crawling"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "formidable"
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"word": "frightening"
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"word": "frightful"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "ghastly"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "grisly"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "hair-curling"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "hair-raising"
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"word": "horrid"
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{
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"word": "horrific"
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"word": "horrifying"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "horripilating"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "pulse-pounding"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "scaring"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "scary"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:frightening",
"word": "shocking"
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{
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"word": "skin-crawling"
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{
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"word": "terrible"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mujaffil",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "مُجَفِّل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḵīf",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "مُخِيف"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "murʕib",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "مُرْعِب"
},
{
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yḵwwif",
"sense": "scary",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic",
"imperfective",
"verb"
],
"word": "يخوف"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "得人驚"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dak¹ jan⁴ geng¹",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "得人惊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒngbù",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "恐怖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěpà",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "可怕"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "ontstellend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "beangstigend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "angstaanjagend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "pelottava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "karmiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "kauhea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "effrayant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "aterrecedor"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šemašinebeli",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "შემაშინებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amaɣelvebeli",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "ამაღელვებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "damzapravi",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "დამზაფრავი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "fürchterlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "schreckerregend"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "agisleiks",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tromaktikós",
"sense": "scary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τρομακτικός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fovistikós",
"sense": "scary",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φοβιστικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phoberós",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "φοβερός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "deinós",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "δεινός"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bhuthā",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "भुतहा"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "félelmetes"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "scanrúil"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "scéiniúil"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "scary",
"word": "spaventoso"
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{
"alt": "こわい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kowai",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "恐い"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kowai",
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"sense": "scary",
"word": "무섭다"
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"word": "metūculōsus"
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"sense": "scary",
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{
"code": "okm",
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"roman": "twùlíptá",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "두립〮다〮"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "schrakjlich"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "scary",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "przerażający"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "assustador"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "înfricoșător"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "înspăimântător"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pugájuščij",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "пуга́ющий"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhīma",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "भीम"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhīṣaṇa",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "भीषण"
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ghora",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "घोर"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "eagalach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "strahovit"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "alarmante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "aterrador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "skrämmande"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "zhed snang tsha po",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "ཞེད་སྣང་ཚ་པོ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "korkutucu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žáxlyvyj",
"sense": "scary",
"word": "жа́хливий"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "afschuwelijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "kauhea"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "noxento"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tromaktikós",
"sense": "awful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τρομακτικός"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "okropny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "awful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "straszny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strášnyj",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "стра́шный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "užásnyj",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "ужа́сный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "awful",
"word": "terrible"
}
],
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