frightful
IPA: frˈaɪtfʌɫ
adjective
- (obsolete) Full of fright, whether
- Afraid, frightened.
- Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
- Full of something causing fright, whether
- Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
- (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
adverb
- (dialect) Frightfully; very.
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Examples of "frightful" in Sentences
- The khanum is a frightful woman.
- At the wedding, he is just frightful.
- The explosion must have been frightful.
- That purple blouse at the wedding is just frightful.
- It takes the shape of a frightful face with disembodied hands.
- Frightfulness is not a remedy known to the British Pharmacopoeia.
- The frightful nature of the violence lies in the facts themselves.
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