frightful

 
  Grep  of  noun  frightful 
  frightfulness 
 
  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  --  ((informal)  extreme  in  degree;  "in  a  frightful  hurry";  "spent  a  frightful  amount  of  money") 
  3.  fearful,  frightful,  terrible  --  (extremely  distressing;  "fearful  slum  conditions";  "a  frightful  mistake";  "suffered  terrible  thirst") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  frightful 
 
  3  senses  of  frightful 
 
  Sense  1 
  atrocious,  frightful,  horrifying,  horrible,  ugly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Sense  2 
  frightful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  extraordinary)  ->  ordinary 
 
  Sense  3 
  fearful,  frightful,  terrible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bad)  ->  good 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  frightful 
 
  3  senses  of  frightful 
 
  Sense  1 
  atrocious,  frightful,  horrifying,  horrible,  ugly 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Sense  2 
  frightful 
  =>  extraordinary  (vs.  ordinary) 
 
  Sense  3 
  fearful,  frightful,  terrible 
  =>  bad  (vs.  good) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  frightful 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  frightful 
 
  frightful  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  frightful 
  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  --  ((informal)  extreme  in  degree;  "in  a  frightful  hurry";  "spent  a  frightful  amount  of  money") 
  3.  fearful,  frightful,  terrible  --  (extremely  distressing;  "fearful  slum  conditions";  "a  frightful  mistake";  "suffered  terrible  thirst") 

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