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

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fright amount degree extent extreme full impact frightened affrighted alarm appearance causes chasm distressing exciting extremely horror impressing provoking shocking tempest terror

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