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frightfully

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.frightfully - used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
awful, awfully, terribly
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Translations
frightfully [ˈfraɪtfulɪ] adv → terriblemente;
I'm frightfully sorry → lo siento muchísimo
frightfully [ˈfraɪtfəlɪ] adv → affreusement
frightfully [ˈfraɪtfəlɪ] fright adv → schrecklich, furchtbar;
I'm frightfully sorry fright → es tut mir schrecklich leid
frightfully [ˈfraɪtfulɪ] adv → terribilmente;
I'm frightfully sorry → mi dispiace moltissimo


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When the young wrens heard that, they were frightfully angry, and screamed:
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Like the jed who had brought me, he was frightfully scarred, and also decorated with the breastplate of human skulls and dried dead hands which seemed to mark all the greater warriors among the Warhoons, as well as to indicate their awful ferocity, which greatly transcends even that of the Tharks.
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