frightensome
adjEtymology From frighten + -some.
1
Characterized by frightening; inducing fear; scary
- He must think I led him on, taking that ride with him and all, and talking to him so free. I'm sorry enough, for I did like him, he's so good to mother, and he prays so beautifully. He is a Christian, if he is so frightensome sometimes.1865, Jane Elizabeth Hornblower; Nellie (of Truro, fict.name.), Nellie of Truro, page 220:
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