What does effrayant in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word effrayant in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use effrayant in French.
The word effrayant in French means frightening, dreadful, terrifying, horrifying, appalling, awful, nightmarish, dreadful, frighten, terrify, frighten off, scare off, take fright, get scared. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word effrayant
frightening, dreadful, terrifying, horrifyingadjectif (qui fait peur) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Les images du tsunami étaient effrayantes. The images of the tsunami were frightening. |
appalling, awful, nightmarish, dreadfulnom féminin (familier (considérable) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Les marteaux-piqueurs faisaient un bruit effrayant. Pneumatic drills make an appalling noise. |
frighten, terrifyverbe transitif (apeurer) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le cri de la chouette l'a toujours effrayée. The cry of the owl has always frightened him. |
frighten off, scare offverbe transitif (figuré (rebuter) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Je crois que la masse de courrier à traiter l'a effrayé. I think the amount of post to deal with scared him off. |
take fright, get scaredverbe pronominal (avoir peur) Jean s'effraie toujours d'un rien. John always takes fright over nothing. |
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