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{
"term": "frightening",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "making you feel afraid",
"sensetop": "it is frightening to think, see, hear, etc…frightening to somebodyfrightening for somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a frightening experience/prospect/thought"
},
{
"text": "a truly frightening horror movie"
},
{
"text": "The noise was frightening."
},
{
"text": "It's frightening to think it could happen again.",
"contextForm": "it is frightening to think, see, hear, etc…"
},
{
"text": "It was all very frightening to a small boy.",
"contextForm": "frightening to somebody"
},
{
"text": "This is extremely frightening for elderly people.",
"contextForm": "frightening for somebody"
},
{
"text": "The situation was getting frightening."
},
{
"text": "What can we do to make the experience less frightening?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
"audio": "fr/frightening/frightening__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
"audio": "fr/frightening/frightening__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}