| 1 |
[ adjective ] provoking horror
Synonyms Examples "an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill "an ugly wound" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)It is this modulation which reveals to Jacoby his own frightful abjection and , simultaneously , his wife 's infidelity . Related terms |
| 2 |
[ adjective ] (informal) extreme in degree
Examples "in a frightful hurry" "spent a frightful amount of money" Related terms |
| 3 | |
| * |
|