frightener
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that causes fear
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informal to intimidate
Example Sentences
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The scares land like blows and the eeriness is pervasive in “The Night House,” David Bruckner’s hyper-focused, unnervingly sure follow-up to his 2018 wilderness frightener, “The Ritual.”
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
Yet, none of these horrors can really compete with the biggest frightener.
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2018
Now there's the real frightener for a Test batsman: illogical and invisible; with you one moment, gone the next.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2013
The rerelease of Spielberg's frightener, newly refurbished in 3D, offers plenty of opportunity to ponder these and other important matters, such as: why isn't it more frightening?
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2013
Mr. O’Doyle started crying again, a strange and strained sound, a frightener frightened.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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