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frightful

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fright·ful  (frtfl)
adj.
1. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
2. Causing fright; terrifying.
3. Informal
a. Excessive; extreme: a frightful liar.
b. Disagreeable; distressing: frightful weather.

frightful·ly adv.
frightful·ness n.

frightful [ˈfraɪtfʊl]
adj
1. very alarming, distressing, or horrifying
2. unpleasant, annoying, or extreme a frightful hurry
frightfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.frightfulfrightful - provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
2.frightful - extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
3.frightful - extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

frightful
adjective
1. terrible, shocking, alarming, awful, appalling, horrible, grim, terrifying, dreadful, dread, fearful, traumatic, dire, horrendous, ghastly, hideous, harrowing, gruesome, unnerving, lurid, from hell (informal), grisly, macabre, petrifying, horrid, unspeakable, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) refugees trapped in frightful conditions
terrible nice, beautiful, attractive, lovely, calming, pleasant, soothing
2. dreadful, great, terrible, extreme, awful, annoying, unpleasant, disagreeable, insufferable He got himself into a frightful muddle.
dreadful slight, moderate, pleasant
Translations
frightful [ˈfraɪtfʊl] ADJ (= terrible) [tragedy, experience, shame] → horroroso; (= awful) [noise, weather] → espantoso
frightful [ˈfraɪtfʊl] adjaffreux/euse
frightful
adj (inf)schrecklich, furchtbar; to look frightfulzum Fürchten aussehen
frightful [ˈfraɪtfʊl] adjterribile, spaventoso/a, orribile
frightful [ˈfraɪtfʊl] adjterribile, spaventoso/a, orribile


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By the light which escaped from it, the prisoner beheld, all about the room, frightful instruments whose use she did not understand.
Adam saw a medley of green and red lights blaze in a whirling circle, and as it sank down into the well, a pair of blazing green eyes became fixed, sank lower and lower with frightful rapidity, and disappeared, throwing upward the green light which grew more and more vivid every moment.
And he had only one wish- that the frightful thing that had to happen should happen quickly.
 
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