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Thesaurus: frightful

Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.

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Definitions

  1. a. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
  2. a. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
  3. adj. provoking horror
  4. adj. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
  5. adj. extremely distressing
  6. j:100 s. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact