English-Spanish translations for frightening

• alarmante
  Estas cifras son estremecedoras y alarmantes. These figures are shocking and frightening.
  Lo más alarmante es que los pasos ya no son particularmente pequeños. Frighteningly enough, the steps are no longer particularly small.
  - (GA) Señor Presidente, la guerra en Gaza es alarmante y escandalosa. - (GA) Mr President, the war in Gaza is frightening and scandalous.
• aterrador
  El tono del considerando K es aterrador. Recital K has a tone which is frightening.
  Lo sabe usted tan bien como yo. Es muy aterrador. You know this as well as I. It is very frightening.
  Resulta aterrador y, al mismo tiempo, sumamente trágico. That is frightening and, at the same time, very tragic.
• terrible
  Los últimos informes son terribles. The latest reports are frightening.
  Constituyen la nueva y terrible realidad de nuestro mundo moderno. They are the new and frightening reality of our modern world.
  Señor Presidente, las consecuencias del desastre del Prestige son terribles. Mr President, the aftermath of the loss of the Prestige is frightening.

Definition of frightening

• Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
• Awful, terrible, very bad

Examples

• Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
• The scientist was frightening the timid children.

Related words

• frighteningly
• frightenig
• frightenigly