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1 frightening
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2 frightening
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3 aspect
['æspekt]1) (a part of something to be thought about: We must consider every aspect of the problem.) aspecto2) (a side of a building etc or the direction it faces in.) posição3) (look or appearance: His face had a frightening aspect.) aspecto* * *as.pect['æspekt] n aspecto: 1 aparência, feição. 2 atitude, expressão (do rosto), catadura, semblante, ar. 3 ponto de vista, vista. 4 face, faceta. 5 frente, lado. 6 Astr fase. from a higher aspect de um ponto de vista superior (também fig). in all aspects a todos os respeitos. western aspect com vista para o oeste. the house has a western aspect / a casa dá para o oeste. -
4 build-up
build-up, buildup[b'ild ∧p] n aumento, desenvolvimento. the buildup of AIDS is frightening / o aumento da AIDS é assustador. -
5 buildup
build-up, buildup[b'ild ∧p] n aumento, desenvolvimento. the buildup of AIDS is frightening / o aumento da AIDS é assustador. -
6 deter
[di'tə:]past tense, past participle - deterred; verb(to make less willing or prevent by frightening: She was not deterred by his threats.) desencorajar* * *de.ter[dit'ə:] vt 1 descoroçoar, intimidar, atemorizar, dissuadir. 2 ( from) deter, impedir, embaraçar. -
7 forbidding
adjective (rather frightening: a forbidding appearance.) assustador* * *for.bid.ding[fəb'idiŋ] adj proibitivo, medonho, que causa medo, horror ou aversão, ameaçador, desabrido, desagradável, repelente, repulsivo, repugnante. -
8 formidable
['fo:midəbl, fə:'midəbl]1) (rather frightening: a formidable appearance.) temível2) (very difficult to overcome: formidable difficulties.) temível•* * *for.mi.da.ble[f'ɔ:midəbəl] adj formidável, tremendo, enorme, temível, pavoroso, terrível, descomunal. -
9 fright
1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) susto2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) assustador•- frighten
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- frightful
- frightening
- frightfully
- take fright* * *[frait] n 1 medo, susto, pavor, espanto, terror, alarme. 2 espantalho, pessoa ou coisa de aspecto feio, grotesco ou ridículo. they got a fright, they took a fright at it assustaram-se. you look a perfect fright sl você tem um aspecto terrível. -
10 frightful
1) (terrible or frightening: I had a frightful experience.) terrível2) (very bad: He is a frightful liar.) espantoso* * *fright.ful[fr'aitful] adj 1 assustador, espantoso, medonho, horrível, pavoroso, terrível. 2 horrendo, muito feio, chocante. 3 coll desagradável, revoltante, repugnante. 4 coll tremendo, enorme, muito grande, extraordinário. -
11 goblin
['ɡoblin](a mischievous, ugly spirit: a frightening fairy-story about goblins.) duende* * *gob.lin[g'ɔblin] n trasgo, gnomo, duende travesso. -
12 imagine
[i'mæ‹in]1) (to form a mental picture of (something): I can imagine how you felt.) imaginar2) (to see or hear etc (something which is not true or does not exist): Children often imagine that there are frightening animals under their beds; You're just imagining things!) imaginar3) (to think; to suppose: I imagine (that) he will be late.) supor•- imagination
- imaginative* * *im.ag.ine[im'ædʒin] vt+vi 1 imaginar, figurar-se, representar-se. 2 pensar, supor, crer. just imagine! imagine! -
13 nightmare
noun (a frightening dream: I had a nightmare about being strangled.) pesadelo* * *night.mare[n'aitmɛə] n pesadelo. -
14 ogre
['əuɡə](in fairy stories, a frightening, cruel giant.) ogre* * *o.gre['ougə] n ogro, bicho-papão, papão. -
15 unearthly
1) (supernatural, mysterious or frightening: an unearthly sight.) sobrenatural2) (outrageous or unreasonable: He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m.) absurdo* * *un.earth.ly[∧n'ə:θli] adj 1 sobrenatural. 2 sinistro. 3 estranho, estrambótico, extraordinário, misterioso. 4 despropositado. 5 celestial, sublime. at an unearthly hour alta noite, pela calada da noite. -
16 aspect
['æspekt]1) (a part of something to be thought about: We must consider every aspect of the problem.) aspecto2) (a side of a building etc or the direction it faces in.) orientação3) (look or appearance: His face had a frightening aspect.) aspecto -
17 deter
[di'tə:]past tense, past participle - deterred; verb(to make less willing or prevent by frightening: She was not deterred by his threats.) dissuadir -
18 forbidding
adjective (rather frightening: a forbidding appearance.) amedrontador -
19 formidable
['fo:midəbl, fə:'midəbl]1) (rather frightening: a formidable appearance.) terrível2) (very difficult to overcome: formidable difficulties.) tremendo• -
20 fright
1) (a sudden fear: the noise gave me a terrible fright.) pavor, susto2) (a person who looks ridiculous: She looks a fright in those clothes.) pessoa medonha•- frighten - frightened - frightful - frightening - frightfully - take fright
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