Associations to the word «Frightful»
Noun
- Savage
- Serpent
- Whistling
- Scourge
- Mortality
- Bosom
- Swearing
- Tread
- Doom
- Maze
- Leap
- Populace
- Oath
- Tumbling
- Mathieu
- Plague
- Atrocity
- Rushing
- Wizard
- Temper
- Snapping
- Visitation
- Dream
- Danger
- Jackal
- Brute
- Jungle
- Nantes
- Frenzy
- Corpse
- Curse
- Burst
- Vengeance
- Manner
- Consequence
- Crash
- Consolation
- Compassion
- Deep
- Growl
- Bellow
- Famine
- Cannibal
- Desert
- Gloom
- Eloquence
- Flier
- Indignation
- Stink
- Sprite
- Rag
- Wrath
- Sensation
Adjective
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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