unfrightening

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adjective

Not frightening.

OriginEnglish frightening ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unfrightening1

adjectiveunfrightening (comparative more unfrightening, superlative most unfrightening)

comparative more unfrightening · superlative most unfrightening

  1. Not frightening.

unfrightening2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unfrighten

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unscary

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishfrighten
  9. Englishfrightening
  10. Englishunfrightening

From un- + frightening.

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APA

unfrightening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfrightening

MLA

“unfrightening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfrightening. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfrightening,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfrightening.

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