adj
Meaning 1
Full of fright, whether
Afraid, frightened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
frightful
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Pronunciation
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frīt′fəl
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/ˈfɹaɪtfəl/
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CMU ARPABET: F R AY1 T F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Full of fright, whether
Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Full of something causing fright, whether
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Full of something causing fright, whether
Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: excessive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
Frightfully; very.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
provoking horror- Winston Churchill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible
- an ugly wound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atrocious, horrifying, horrible, ugly
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
extremely distressing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fearful slum conditions
- a frightful mistake
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fearful
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in a frightful hurry
- spent a frightful amount of money
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: terrible, awful, tremendous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: уплашен (uplašen) — full of fright
- French: effrayant — full of fright
- Galician: aterrador — full of fright
- Portuguese: assustador — full of fright
- Turkish: korkulu — full of fright
- Turkish: korku dolu — full of fright
- Bulgarian: страшен (strašen) — full of that which causes fright
- Bulgarian: ужасен (užasen) — full of that which causes fright
- Esperanto: timiga — full of that which causes fright
- German: furchtbar — full of that which causes fright
- Ancient Greek: δασπλῆτις (dasplêtis) — full of that which causes fright
- Hindi: भयानक (bhayānak) — full of that which causes fright
- Irish: scanrúil — full of that which causes fright
- Latin: metūculōsus — full of that which causes fright
- Plautdietsch: schrakjlich — full of that which causes fright
- Plautdietsch: forchtsom — full of that which causes fright
- Sanskrit: घोर (ghora) — full of that which causes fright
- Sanskrit: भीष्म (bhīṣma) — full of that which causes fright
- Spanish: temible — full of that which causes fright
- Turkish: dehşet — full of that which causes fright
- Turkish: korkunç — full of that which causes fright