{
    "term": "frightening",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "making you feel afraid",
            "sensetop": "it is frightening to think, see, hear, etc…frightening to somebodyfrightening for somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a frightening experience/prospect/thought"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a truly frightening horror movie"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The noise was frightening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's frightening to think it could happen again.",
                    "contextForm": "it is frightening to think, see, hear, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was all very frightening to a small boy.",
                    "contextForm": "frightening to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is extremely frightening for elderly people.",
                    "contextForm": "frightening for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation was getting frightening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What can we do to make the experience less frightening?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fr/frightening/frightening__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fr/frightening/frightening__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}