Definition of frightful

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of frightful is as below...

Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..

Lern More About Frightful

Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Horrific :: Horrific (a.) Causing horror; frightful.
Fearsome :: Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.
Gruesome :: Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.
Frightfulness :: Frightfulness (n.) The quality of being frightful.
Awful :: Awful (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster..
Ogre :: Ogre (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster..
Bogle :: Bogle (n.) A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
Horrendous :: Horrendous (a.) Fearful; frightful.
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Frightfully :: Frightfully (adv.) In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Poker :: Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear..
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us