frighteningly

[US]/'fraitniŋli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. på en måde der forårsager frygt eller pludselig alarm.

Example Sentences

The movie was frighteningly realistic.

Filmen var skræmmende realistisk.

She was frighteningly good at predicting the future.

Hun var skræmmende god til at forudsige fremtiden.

The roller coaster ride was frighteningly fast.

Rutsjebaneture var skræmmende hurtige.

His performance was frighteningly intense.

Hans præstation var skræmmende intens.

The storm was frighteningly powerful.

Stormen var skræmmende kraftfuld.

The haunted house looked frighteningly real.

Spøgelseshuset så skræmmende ægte ud.

Her scream was frighteningly loud.

Hendes skrig var skræmmende højt.

The test results were frighteningly bad.

Testresultaterne var skræmmende dårlige.

The clown's makeup was frighteningly creepy.

Klovnens makeup var skræmmende uhyggelig.

The dark alley was frighteningly quiet.

Den mørke gyde var skræmmende stille.

Real-world Examples

O'Brien says such an outcome seems frighteningly real.

O'Brien siger, at et sådant udfald virker skræmmende virkeligt.

Source: NPR News February 2019 Compilation

But there's something frighteningly fragile about them too.

Men der er noget skræmmende skrøbeligt ved dem også.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

And when you look elsewhere, often wedo know frighteningly little.

Og når man kigger andre steder hen, ved vi ofte skræmmende lidt.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

From this vantage point, the plague of trees was frighteningly clear.

Fra dette perspektiv var træplagen skræmmende tydelig.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

The weeks preceding the fires in the Midwest had been frighteningly dry.

Ugerne før brandene i Midtvesten havde været skræmmende tørre.

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

As recently as the 1980s, however, there was a place that was somehow even more frighteningly claustrophobic.

Sikkert så sent som i 1980'erne var der dog et sted, der på en eller anden måde var endnu mere skræmmende klaustrofobisk.

Source: Realm of Legends

The word " lost — lost — lost" dinged frighteningly in her heart like a death bell sounding.

Ordet "tabt - tabt - tabt" ringede skræmmende i hendes hjerte som et dødsur, der ringede.

Source: Gone with the Wind

The house was frighteningly still, quieter even than when Frank had lain in the parlor just a few hours before.

Huset var skræmmende stille, endda mere stille end da Frank havde ligget i salonen bare nogle få timer tidligere.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Or more frighteningly, what if the Iranian government could have?

Eller mere skræmmende, hvad hvis den iranske regering kunne have?

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) November 2018 Collection

Frighteningly, each of these positions has its adult equivalent.

Skræmmende nok har hver af disse positioner sin voksenækvivalent.

Source: Sociology of Social Relations (Video Version)

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