Associations to the word «Frightful»
Noun
- Solitude
- Cry
- Clatter
- Excess
- Devastation
- Horror
- Thunderbolt
- Cruelty
- Ledge
- Noise
- Tremble
- Wickedness
- Headache
- Reptile
- Suspense
- Monster
- Brink
- Hatchet
- Creature
- Slaughter
- Hiss
- Dora
- Wound
- Instant
- Beast
- Hulk
- Hardship
- Ravine
- Starving
- Sufferer
- Projector
- Midst
- Trembling
- Blow
- Whisker
- Imagination
- Waste
- Plunge
- Cavern
- Repose
- Supernatural
- Jaw
- Blunder
- Blows
- Agility
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. (obsolete): Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Used as an intensifier
Dictionary definition
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. 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".
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money".
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake".
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