Definitions for frightful
Overview of adj frightful
The adj frightful has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
(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")
2. (1) frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
(extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money")
3. fearful, frightful
(extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake")
