different between disheartening vs frightening
disheartening
English
Adjective
disheartening (comparative more disheartening, superlative most disheartening)
- Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
- Synonyms: discouraging; see also Thesaurus:disheartening
- Antonym: heartening
Verb
disheartening
- present participle of dishearten
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frightening
English
Etymology
frighten +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?a?t?n??/, /?f?a?tn??/
- Hyphenation: fright?en?ing
Adjective
frightening (comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)
- Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
- Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
- (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
Synonyms
- Thesaurus:frightening
Derived terms
- frighteningly
Translations
Verb
frightening
- present participle of frighten
- The scientist was frightening the timid children.
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