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1. (adj.) frightful
such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming:
a frightful explosion.
2. frightful
horrible, shocking, or revolting:
The storm did frightful damage.
3. frightful
unpleasant; disagreeable:
We had a frightful time.
4. frightful
very great; extreme:
That actor is a frightful ham.
Etymology: (1200–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
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"
2. (adj) frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
"in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
3. (adj) fearful, frightful
extremely distressing
"fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) frightful
full of fright; affrighted; frightened
2. (adj) frightful
full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance
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Sense: terrible or frightening
I had a frightful experience.
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 Afrikaans: vreesaanjaende |
 Arabic: مُفْزِع، مُريع، مُرْعِب |
 Bulgarian: страшен |
 Brazilian: terrível |
 Czech: hrozný |
 German: schrecklich |
 Danish: frygtelig; forfærdelig |
 Greek: τρομακτικός |
 Spanish: horroroso |
 Estonian: kohutav |
 Farsi: وحشتناک |
 Finnish: kauhea |
 French: effroyable |
 Hebrew: מַחרִיד |
 Hindi: खराब |
 Croatian: strašan |
 Hungarian: szörnyű |
 Indonesian: menakutkan |
 Icelandic: ógnvekjandi |
 Italian: spaventoso |
 Japanese: 恐ろしい |
 Korean: 두려운 |
 Lithuanian: baisus, siaubingas |
 Latvian: briesmīgs; drausmīgs |
 Malay: menakutkan |
 Dutch: verschrikkelijk |
 Norwegian: fryktelig, forferdelig; f |
 Polish: okropny |
 Persian: وحشتناک |
 Pashto: وېروونكى، سېمناك |
 Portuguese: terrível |
 Romanian: înspăimântător |
 Russian: страшный |
 Slovak: hrozný |
 Slovenian: grozen |
 Serbian: zastrašujući |
 Swedish: förskräcklig, ryslig |
 Thai: น่ากลัว |
 Turkish: korkunç |
 Taiwanese: 可怕的 |
 Ukrainian: страшний |
 Urdu: دہشتناک |
 Vietnamese: ghê sợ; khủng khiếp |
 Chinese: 可怕的 |
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