Frightening
Frightening is an adjective that describes something capable of causing fear or alarm. It can refer to events, objects, imagery, or situations that provoke an anticipatory or immediate sense of danger. The term derives from fright, the noun for fear, and the verb frighten; both historically relate to causing fear.
From a psychological standpoint, frightening stimuli activate the amygdala and trigger autonomic arousal, leading to increased
In culture and media, frightening content is common in horror genres and crime dramas, used to build