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Meanings of
frightful
in inglês
Provoking horror.
horrible
ugly
atrocious
horrifying
Related terms
alarming
Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.
terrible
awful
tremendous
Related terms
extraordinary
Extremely distressing.
fearful
Related terms
bad
Usage of
frightful
in inglês
1
There is some error, one
frightful
error, in the thinking of men.
2
No musical form, however
frightful
,
seems immune from reinvention, reconstitution or revivification.
3
It is more terrible in sound than
frightful
in reality, my child.
4
That was the most
frightful
thing about it; it had no mouth.
5
To be caught in the mysterious toils of the law is
frightful
.
6
Under such protracted suffering, the animal outgrows the spiritual in
frightful
disproportion.
7
The turmoil and confusion in front of them was
frightful
and indescribable.
8
It would be a
frightful
defiance cast in the face of society.
9
When that
frightful
crisis was at an end, the dancer was re-engaged.
10
To him the more
frightful
the image, the more noble the character.
11
The journey was made in midwinter and was full of
frightful
hardships.
12
The whole place was in a
frightful
state of ruin and confusion.
13
Crimes of the most
frightful
kind had been discovered; others were suspected.
14
You need the most
frightful
weapons created by a civilization of criminals!
15
Even now I cannot believe in such shamelessness, in such
frightful
treachery.
16
People forgot the
frightful
condition of alarm in which they had been.
Other examples for "frightful"
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About this term
frightful
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most frightful
so frightful
frightful thing
frightful scene
frightful dream
More collocations
Frightful
through the time
Frightful
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare