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frightful definition
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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")
frightful definition
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