Associations to the word «Frightful»
Noun
- Savage
- Serpent
- Whistling
- Scourge
- Mortality
- Bosom
- Swearing
- Tread
- Doom
- Maze
- Leap
- Populace
- Oath
- Tumbling
- Mathieu
- Plague
- Atrocity
- Rushing
- Wizard
- Temper
- Snapping
- Visitation
- Dream
- Danger
- Jackal
- Brute
- Jungle
- Nantes
- Frenzy
- Corpse
- Curse
- Burst
- Vengeance
- Manner
- Consequence
- Crash
- Consolation
- Compassion
- Deep
- Growl
- Bellow
- Famine
- Cannibal
- Desert
- Gloom
- Eloquence
- Flier
- Indignation
- Stink
- Sprite
- Rag
- Wrath
- Sensation
Adjective
Wiktionary
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. (obsolete): Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Used as an intensifier
Dictionary definition
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Provoking horror; "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".
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money".
FRIGHTFUL, adjective. Extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.