Frightful Definition

frītfəl
adjective
frightfuller
Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
American Heritage
Causing fright; terrifying; alarming.
Webster's New World
Shocking; terrible.
Webster's New World
Unpleasant; annoying.
Webster's New World
Excessive; extreme.
A frightful liar.
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Other Word Forms of Frightful

Adjective

Base Form:
frightful
Comparative:
frightfuller

Origin of Frightful

  • From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtful (“fainthearted, timorous”), equivalent to fright +‎ -ful.

    From Wiktionary

Frightful Sentence Examples

  • Frightful executions in the island followed his fall.

  • The jobbing was frightful, and is probably inseparable from wholesale operations of this kind.

  • Dear and precious Friend, How terrible and frightful a thing is separation!

  • And he had only one wish-- that the frightful thing that had to happen should happen quickly.

  • It was this character of Sicily which led to its one frightful piece of local history.

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With F9 Letter Words Ending With L