Frightening

//ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋ//

Translations of "frightening" (34 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Ancient Greek	δεινός(scary), φοβερός(scary)	deinós, phoberós
Arabic	مُجَفِّل(scary), مُخِيف(scary), مُرْعِب(scary), يخوف(scary)	mujaffil, muḵīf, murʕib, yḵwwif
Chinese Cantonese	得人驚 /得人惊(scary)	dak¹ jan⁴ geng¹
Chinese Mandarin	可怕(scary), 恐怖(scary)	kěpà, kǒngbù
Dutch	afschuwelijk(awful), angstaanjagend(scary), beangstigend(scary), ontstellend(scary)	—
Finnish	hirvittävä(scary), karmiva(scary), kauhea(scary), kauhea(awful), pelottava(scary)	—
French	effrayant(scary)	—
Galician	aterrecedor(scary), noxento(awful)	—
Georgian	ამაღელვებელი(scary), დამზაფრავი(scary), შემაშინებელი(scary)	amaɣelvebeli, damzapravi, šemašinebeli
German	fürchterlich(scary), schreckerregend(scary)	—
Gothic	𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(scary)	agisleiks
Greek	τρομακτικός(scary), τρομακτικός(awful), φοβιστικός(scary)	tromaktikós, tromaktikós, fovistikós
Hindi	भुतहा(scary)	bhuthā
Hungarian	félelmetes(scary)	—
Irish	scanrúil(scary), scéiniúil(scary)	—
Italian	spaventoso(scary)	—
Japanese	怖い(scary), 恐い(scary)	kowai, kowai
Korean	두렵다(scary), 무섭다(scary)	duryeopda, museopda
Latin	metūculōsus(scary), terribilis(scary)	—
Middle Korean	두립〮다〮(scary), 므ᅀᅴ〮엽다〮(scary), 저프다〮(scary)	twùlíptá, mùzúyyèptá, cèphùtá
Persian	سهمناک(scary)	sahmnâk
Plautdietsch	schrakjlich(scary)	—
Polish	okropny(awful), przerażający(scary), straszny(awful)	—
Portuguese	assustador(scary)	—
Romanian	înfricoșător(scary), înspăimântător(scary)	—
Russian	пуга́ющий(scary), стра́шный(awful), ужа́сный(awful)	pugájuščij, strášnyj, užásnyj
Sanskrit	घोर(scary), भीम(scary), भीषण(scary)	ghora, bhīma, bhīṣaṇa
Scottish Gaelic	eagalach(scary)	—
Serbo-Croatian	strahovit(scary)	—
Spanish	alarmante(scary), aterrador(scary), terrible(awful)	—
Swedish	skrämmande(scary)	—
Tibetan	ཞེད་སྣང་ཚ་པོ(scary)	zhed snang tsha po
Turkish	korkutucu(scary)	—
Ukrainian	жа́хливий(scary)	žáxlyvyj