PERSECUTIVE Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

persecutive

adjective

Definition of persecutive

as in frightening

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Adjective

But the ordeal was frightening and bewildering for Cliffel, who still didn't know what had caused her behavior.

— Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
There’s a frightening imbalance in how the mainstream media report on these candidates, which tends to take it pretty easy on the latter.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of frightening

Adjective

After the crew leaves the island with the sun god’s cattle, the seas are vicious, scary, and violent.

— Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
The 13-year-old has his life back after a scary ordeal with epilepsy that seemed to come out of nowhere three years ago.

— Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of scary

Adjective

George Orwell’s dystopian classic blends political and science fiction into a chilling panorama of high-level surveillance and manipulation.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
In August 2026, Paramount+ revealed that season 4 will premiere in November 2026 and shared a chilling teaser of what’s to come.

— Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of chilling

Adjective

The first complaint, in which a clerk made similar accusations of abusive and harassing conduct, was filed with the circuit court in 2022, not long after Merriam’s appointment.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2026
The line is crossed when someone’s conduct at work becomes disrespectful, harassing, intimidating, discriminatory, or disruptive to the team.

— Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025

Definition of harassing

Adjective

Banks wrote this piece as an ensemble work, not as a showcase for his formidable instrumental prowess.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
So does Kevin Reddington, the formidable defense attorney who is representing Clancy in her criminal trial, taking place in Plymouth, which is being live-streamed on the Internet and heavily covered on local news.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of formidable

Adjective

Two Fort Worth school district students were placed on the wrong bus home this week, creating what one parent described as a terrifying situation.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
The immersive doc captures the duality of an extreme lifestyle with the euphoric highs of intercepting a tornado to the terrifying lows of being overtaken by one inside their vehicle as Timmer pushes his mind and body to the limit.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of terrifying

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