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单词 frightfully
释义

frightful

adjective

fright·​ful ˈfrīt-fəl How to pronounce frightful (audio)
1
: causing intense fear or alarm : terrifying
2
: startling especially in being bad or objectionable
a frightful novel
3
: extreme
frightful thirst
frightfully
ˈfrīt-fə-lē How to pronounce frightful (audio)
adverb
frightfulness noun

Synonyms

  • alarming
  • dire
  • direful
  • dread
  • dreadful
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • forbidding
  • formidable
  • frightening
  • ghastly
  • hair-raising
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • horrifying
  • intimidating
  • redoubtable
  • scary
  • shocking
  • spine-chilling
  • terrible
  • terrifying
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Example Sentences

As he fell, he let out a frightful scream. a frightful illness that causes extreme pain The children made a frightful mess of the kitchen. Many critics have expressed shock at the song's frightful lyrics.
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Word History

Etymology

fright entry 1 + -ful entry 1

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

frightful

adjective

fright·​ful ˈfrīt-fəl How to pronounce frightful (audio)
1
: causing fear or alarm
a frightful scream
2
: shocking sense 1, outrageous
a frightful mess

frightfully

adverb

as in extremely
to a great degree that coat is frightfully expensive, so don't spill anything on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • extremely
  • terribly
  • very
  • incredibly
  • damned
  • too
  • highly
  • badly
  • damn
  • so
  • severely
  • jolly
  • desperately
  • super
  • really
  • awfully
  • intensely
  • that
  • far
  • wildly
  • seriously
  • exceptionally
  • greatly
  • fantastically
  • full
  • most
  • much
  • fabulously
  • heavily
  • awful
  • particularly
  • exceedingly
  • immensely
  • fiercely
  • mighty
  • uncommonly
  • real
  • especially
  • supremely
  • such
  • remarkably
  • hugely
  • filthy
  • absolutely
  • surpassingly
  • wicked
  • utterly
  • eminently
  • enormously
  • deadly
  • vitally
  • achingly
  • good and
  • mortally
  • specially
  • totally
  • archly
  • exceeding
  • stinking
  • vastly
  • sore
  • way
  • thoroughly
  • extra
  • unco
  • beastly
  • roaring
  • completely
  • roaringly
  • monstrous
  • dang
  • rattling
  • deeply
  • colossally
  • positively
  • blisteringly
  • a lot
  • passing
  • sorely
  • almighty
  • bone
  • cracking
  • mightily
  • majorly
  • corking
  • whacking
  • entirely
  • thumping
  • wholly
  • significantly
  • downright
  • profoundly
  • spanking
  • noticeably
  • considerably
  • radically
  • right
  • ever
  • fully
  • visibly
  • obviously
  • substantially
  • as all get-out
  • notably
  • markedly
  • palpably
  • purely
  • astonishingly
  • obscenely
  • excessively
  • amazingly
  • extensively
  • monumentally
  • monstrously
  • staggeringly
  • altogether
  • plentifully
  • astronomically
  • abundantly
  • discernibly
  • appreciably
  • plainly
  • flat-out
  • overmuch
  • grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • somewhat
  • slightly
  • little
  • nominally
  • negligibly
  • scarcely
  • marginally
  • hardly
  • minimally
  • just
  • meagerly
  • barely
  • scantily
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