Definition of frightful

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

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Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
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.
Horror :: Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking..
Gruesome :: Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.
Fearsome :: Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.
Frightfulness :: Frightfulness (n.) The quality of being frightful.
Poker :: Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear..
Bugbear :: Bugbear (n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc..
Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..
Bogle :: Bogle (n.) A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.
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..
Horrendous :: Horrendous (a.) Fearful; frightful.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.
Horrific :: Horrific (a.) Causing horror; frightful.
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
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