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Detailed Synonyms for frightful in English

frightful:

frightful adj

  1. frightful
  2. frightful
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  3. frightful
  4. frightful
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  5. frightful
    – provoking horror 1
    ugly; horrible; frightful; horrifying; atrocious
    – provoking horror 1
    • ugly adj
      • an ugly wound1
    • horrible adj
      • war is beyond all words horrible1
    • frightful adj
      • a frightful crime of decapitation1
    • horrifying adj
      • an alarming, even horrifying, picture1
    • atrocious adj
      • an atrocious automobile accident1
  6. frightful
    – extremely distressing 1
    frightful; fearful
    – extremely distressing 1
  7. frightful
    – extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact 1
    tremendous; awful; terrible; frightful
    – extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact 1

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Related Definitions for "frightful":

  1. provoking horror1
    • a frightful crime of decapitation1
  2. extremely distressing1
    • a frightful mistake1
  3. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact1
    • in a frightful hurry1
    • spent a frightful amount of money1