Hyphenation of Frightening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Frightening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Fright-en-ing

Definitions of Frightening:

1.	The act of inspiring with fear
2.	Causing fear or dread or terror The awful war An awful risk Dire news A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked The dread presence of the headmaster Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was A dreadful storm A fearful howling Horrendous explosions shook the city A terrible curse

Synonyms of Frightening:

adj	awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible, alarming
noun	terrorization, terrorisation, bullying, intimidation

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Hyphenator

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