effrayant — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chilling adj Causing fear or horror.
- fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
- fearsome adj Frightening, especially in appearance or reputation.
- frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
- frightful adj Causing shock, horror, or fear; dreadful.
- ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
- macabre adj Disturbingly focused on death, or gruesome and horrifying to look at.
- spooky adj Eerie or unsettling, in a way that suggests ghosts or the supernatural.
Senses
effrayant is used for these senses in English:
- chilling Causing mild fear.
- fearful Frightening; causing fear.
- fearsome frightening, especially in appearance.
- frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
- ghastly Horrifyingly shocking.
- macabre Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
- spooky (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
chilling — full definition
- adj Causing fear or horror.
- adj Making something cold.
- noun The process of cooling something down.
fearful — full definition
- adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
- adj Causing fear; terrifying.
- adj Very bad or severe (informal intensifier).