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frightful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
| Derivation | frightfulness |
a frightful crime of decapitation.
frightful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fearful |
| Derivation | frightfulness |
a frightful mistake.
frightful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | awful, terrible, tremendous |
in a frightful hurry.
spent a frightful amount of money.
Examples of frightful
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In the beginning, you're more apt to make frightful noises than beautiful music.
From the businessweek.com
The onslaught began with frightful efficiency, and the kicks just kept on coming.
From the bostonherald.com
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire in our living rooms delightful.
From the timesunion.com
Activities include a non-frightful evening or trail-side education and adventures.
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Have any of them read the 1,500 proposed pages to verify their frightful concerns?
From the ocregister.com
It's useful to put the week's frightful plunge in commodity prices in context.
From the businessweek.com
Thrice each day the water rushed into a frightful chasm, and thrice was disgorged.
From the usatoday.com
The weather outside is frightful, the ground is an ice-cold slab of green concrete.
From the thenewstribune.com
Still, higher taxes come as a frightful topic on the eve of an election year.
From the sltrib.com
- Atrocious: 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"
- Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
- Fearful: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
- (frightfully) terribly: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
- (frightfulness) the quality of being frightful
- Synopses of Ultimate Fantastic Four storylines and graphic novels. The first three story lines have been republished as graphic novels, and the fourth and fifth storylines have been completed in magazine form.
- (Frightfulness) Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. Some psychologists such as John B. ...
- Espantoso; horrible; terrible
