frightful

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/ˈfɹaɪtfəl/

adj 4adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

bone-chilling, good, little, long, most, other, sorry, turned

VERB + FRIGHTFUL

am, becomes, filled, grow, look, made, see, weather

FRIGHTFUL + NOUN

car, discovery, herds, man, people, sorrow

PREP.

from, with

ADV.

then

Definitions

adj

Full of fright, whether

Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,

Full of fright, whether

See how the frightful herds run from the wood.

Full of something causing fright, whether

Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days? Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it. Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.

adv

Frightfully; very.

You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are.

It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — provoking horror

adjective — extremely distressing

fearful

adjective — extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,

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See how the frightful herds run from the wood.

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Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days? Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it. Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.

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You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are.

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It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him.

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But we ain't found a soul what knows you, honey-love, I am so frightful sorry to say.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, frightful is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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