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1. frightful
adjective. ['ˈfraɪtfəl'] provoking horror.
Synonyms
- horrifying
- horrible
- alarming
- ugly
Antonyms
- pleasing
- graceful
- attractive
- ugliness
Etymology
- frightful (Middle English (1100-1500))
- forhtful (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Frightful
- delightful
- spiteful
Sentences with frightful
1. Adjective
Carve a frightful face into each potato with a sharp knife.
Quotes about frightful
1. It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
2. There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Collected Works
3. The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age.
- H.P. Lovecraft
2. frightful
adjective. ['ˈfraɪtfəl'] extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.
Synonyms
- extraordinary
- tremendous
- awful
Antonyms
- mild
- comparable
- common
- extraordinariness
Etymology
- frightful (Middle English (1100-1500))
- forhtful (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. frightful
adjective. ['ˈfraɪtfəl'] extremely distressing.
Synonyms
- bad
Antonyms
- beautiful
- good-natured
Etymology
- frightful (Middle English (1100-1500))
- forhtful (Old English (ca. 450-1100))