Grammatical class

Adjective

effrayant

causing fear, fearful, frightening

Details

Syllables

ef-frayant

Phonetics

e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

22322

Freq. (movies)

20817

Freq. (news)

16558

Sentences

C'est effrayant.

It's terrible.

A1

Tom est effrayant.

Tom is scary.

A1

C'était effrayant.

It was frightening.

A1

Tom était effrayant.

Tom was scary.

A1

C'est effrayant !

How scary!

A2

Cela semble effrayant.

That sounds scary.

A2

Quelque chose d’effrayant vit dans le temple abandonné.

Something frightening lives in the abandoned temple.

B1

Ses cheveux ébouriffés et sa barbe touffue lui donnaient un air effrayant.

His shaggy hair and beard made him look frightening.

B2

Une mort normale, naturelle, la mort d'un homme qui s'est accompli et a vécu pleinement sa vie n'a rien d'effrayant.

There is nothing frightening about a normal, natural death, the death of a man who has fulfilled himself and lived out his life.

B2