プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
こわい【怖い】
〔恐ろしい〕fearful; frightening; horrible; dreadful(▼fearfulは懸念を含む怖さ.dreadfulはfearfulより強い怖さ.frighteningは驚きを伴う.horribleは嫌悪の念をおこさせる強い怖さ)
怖い話
a dreadful [terrible] story/〔気味の悪い〕「a weird [an eerie] story
怖い映画
a horror [scary] film
怖い顔をする
look fierce
怖い目にあう
have a dreadful experience
怖いもの知らずのわんぱく小僧
a fearless imp
彼は政界で怖いもの無しだ
He fears no one in the political world.
私は蛇[死ぬの]が怖い
I am afraid of snakes [dying].
犬に吠えられて怖かった
I was frightened [scared] when a dog barked at me.
見知らぬ土地に一人残されて怖くなった
I was seized with fear [I got scared] when I found myself left alone in a strange place.
後が怖いぞ
You'll be sorry.
怖いもの見たさ
怖いもの見たさに檻(おり)に近付いた
Curiosity got the better of fear and I went up to the cage.