Frightful

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  • adjective. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
  • adjective. Causing fright; terrifying.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Excessive; extreme.
  • adjective. Disagreeable; distressing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of occasion for fright; causing or apt to excite alarm or terror; terrible; dreadful: as, a frightful chasm; a frightful tempest.
  • Intolerable; shocking; hideous.
  • Full of terror; fearful; alarmed.
  • Synonyms Dreadful, Fearful, etc. (see awful); alarming, terrific, horrible, shocking.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
  • adjective. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. : Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
  • adjective. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
  • adjective. Used as an intensifier
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
  • adjective. provoking horror
  • adjective. extremely distressing
    • Word Usage
    "Costumed Tastoanes in frightful masks battle Saint James in a ritual dance each year on July 25th."
    Equivalent
    alarming  bad  extraordinary  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    delightful  rightful  spiteful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appal  dire  dreadful  fatal  ghastly  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abhorrent  abominable  affrighted  alarming  alarming  
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