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frightful 音标拼音: [fr'ɑɪtfəl]
a. 可怕的,惊人的,非常的 可怕的,惊人的,非常的 frightful adj 1: 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" [ synonym: { atrocious}, { frightful}, { horrifying}, { horrible}, { ugly}] 2: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; " in a frightful hurry"; " spent a frightful amount of money" [ synonym: { frightful}, { terrible}, { awful}, { tremendous}] 3: extremely distressing; " fearful slum conditions"; " a frightful mistake" [ synonym: { fearful}, { frightful}] Frightful \ Fright" ful\, a. 1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. -- W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn: Terrible; dreadful; alarming; fearful; terrific; awful; horrid; horrible; shocking. Usage: { Frightful}, { Dreadful}, { Awful}. These words all express fear. In frightful, it is a sudden emotion; in dreadful, it is deeper and more prolonged; in awful, the fear is mingled with the emotion of awe, which subdues us before the presence of some invisible power. An accident may be frightful; the approach of death is dreadful to most men; the convulsions of the earthquake are awful. [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " frightful": abhorrent, abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, awing, chilling, daunting, deadly, deterrent, deterring, disagreeable, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, dreadful, fear- inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, foul, frightening, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, howling, loathsome, lurid, macabre, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, offensive, overawing, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rousing, scaring, scary, shocking, startling, terrible, terrific, thumping, ugly, unspeakable, vile, whacking
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