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Frightening vs Grisly - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between frightening and grisly

is that frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary while grisly is horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome.

As a verb frightening

is present participle of lang=en.

frightening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
    • The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
  • (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
    • The scientist was frightening the timid children.

    grisly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome
    • The photos of the killings depict a grisly scene.

    See also

    * gristly * grizzly