Antonyms for frightful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : frahyt-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfraɪt fəl |
Definition of frightful
Origin :- mid-13c., "timid;" c.1600 "alarming;" from fright + -ful. In common with most -ful adjectives, it once had both an active and passive sense. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c.1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully.
- adj offensive
- All her thought was how to get him away from the frightful place.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It was rather a frightful place to go into in search of the source of a shriek.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There was a frightful grin of triumph twisting his mouth in this minute of punishment.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Down almost to our own day the depredations of wolves were frightful.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- For about five minutes it was the most frightful scene I have ever witnessed.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- This was a very odd and frightful sort of figure, as you may well believe.
- Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- And if I obeyed, to what delightful discoveries or frightful dangers might it lead?
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- The girl, too, saw the frightful creatures that surrounded the man upon the deck.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- He practices a frightful dance, and remarks at intervals, "Jewhillikins."
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
- It must be the frightful rain which has silenced the boy so!
- Extract from : « Moni the Goat-Boy » by Johanna Spyri
Synonyms for frightful
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