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Synonyms for frightful
ˈfraɪt fəlfright·ful
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frightfuladjective
Synonyms:
alarming, shocking, horrible, dreadful, fearful, terrible, terrific, horrid, awfulfrightfuladjective
: Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
Synonyms:
fearful, shocking, dreadful, alarming, terrible, terrific, horrid, awful, horriblefrightfuladjective
Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
Synonyms:
horrible, dreadful, terrific, horrid, fearful, shocking, terrible, alarming, awful
English Synonyms and Antonyms
frightful
Awful should not be used of things which are merely disagreeable or annoying, nor of all that are alarming and terrible, but only of such as bring a solemn awe upon the soul, as in the presence of a superior power; as, the awful hush before the battle. That which is awful arouses an oppressive, that which is august an admiring reverence; we speak of the august presence of a mighty monarch, the awful presence of death. We speak of an exalted station, a grand mountain, an imposing presence, a majestic cathedral, a noble mien, a solemn litany, a stately march, an august assembly, the awful scene of the Judgment Day.
Synonyms:
alarming, appalling, august, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible, terrificAntonyms:
base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified, vulgar
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Princeton's WordNet
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective
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"
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flagitious, unworthy, wretched, terrible, monstrous, fearful, horrible, worthless, tremendous, abominable, unspeakable, awful, grievous, atrocious, slimy, ugly, dreadful, horrifying, vile, despicable, painful, surlyAntonyms:
good, unalarming, ordinaryfrightful, terrible, awful, tremendousadjective
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
"in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
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dreadful, enormous, marvelous, wondrous, rattling(a), awful, amazing, horrendous, severe, tremendous, dreaded, dire, wonderful, grand, marvellous, atrocious, painful, horrifying, awing, awed, wicked, horrific, dread(a), awe-inspiring, unspeakable, fearful, nasty, terrible, horrible, abominable, fantastic, frightening, terrific, awesome, fearsome, howling(a), direful, uglyAntonyms:
good, ordinary, unalarmingfearful, frightfuladjective
extremely distressing
"fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
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dread(a), fearsome, timorous, terrible, horrific, dreaded, fearful, horrible, tremendous, frightening, horrendous, awful, cowardly, horrifying, atrocious, ugly, dreadful, direful, dire, trepidAntonyms:
unalarming, good, ordinary
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List of paraphrases for "frightful":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#560 | august | |
#1450 | grand | |
#2767 | wonderful | |
#2928 | amazing | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#4491 | awesome | |
#5214 | noble | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#7683 | nasty | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9392 | scary | |
#9775 | awful | |
#11618 | curse | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#13306 | majestic | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#15704 | imposing | |
#16120 | dire | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#19676 | dread | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23144 | alarming | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#24854 | solemn | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#26755 | stately | |
#27379 | vile | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#30977 | hideous | |
#31123 | wondrous | |
#37348 | horrid | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#38914 | cowardly | |
#38945 | unworthy | |
#39885 | horrifying | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#46824 | surly | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#62400 | awed | |
#129078 | portentous | |
#149487 | timorous |
How to use frightful in a sentence?
There is nothing more frightful than imagination without taste.
Gold gives the appearance of beauty even to ugliness; but everything becomes frightful with poverty.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Translations for frightful
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- уплашен, страшен, ужасенBulgarian
- temibleSpanish
- effrayantFrench
- straszny, okropnyPolish
- assustadorPortuguese
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