frightful

fright·ful

F0328600 (frīt′fəl)adj.1. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.2. Causing fright; terrifying.3. Informal a. Excessive; extreme: a frightful liar.b. Disagreeable; distressing: frightful weather.

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fright′ful·ly adv.fright′ful·ness n.

frightful

(ˈfraɪtfʊl) adj1. very alarming, distressing, or horrifying2. unpleasant, annoying, or extreme: a frightful hurry. ˈfrightfulness n

fright•ful

(ˈfraɪt fəl)

adj. 1. such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: a frightful explosion. 2. horrible, shocking, or revolting: The storm did frightful damage. 3. unpleasant; disagreeable: We had a frightful time. 4. very great; extreme: That actor is a frightful ham. [1200–50] fright′ful•ly, adv. fright′ful•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	frightful - 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"horrible, horrifying, atrocious, uglyalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	2.	frightful - extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"tremendous, terrible, awfulcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechextraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
	3.	frightful - extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"fearfulbad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

frightful

adjective1. terrible, shocking, alarming, awful, appalling, horrible, grim, terrifying, dreadful, dread, fearful, traumatic, dire, horrendous, ghastly, hideous, harrowing, gruesome, unnerving, lurid, from hell (informal), grisly, macabre, petrifying, horrid, unspeakable, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) refugees trapped in frightful conditions
terrible nice, beautiful, attractive, lovely, calming, pleasant, soothing2. dreadful, great, terrible, extreme, awful, annoying, unpleasant, disagreeable, insufferable He got himself into a frightful muddle.
dreadful slight, moderate, pleasant

frightful

adjective1. Very bad:appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible.2. Causing or able to cause fear:appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous.

Translations

可怕的极坏的

fright

(frait) noun1. a sudden fear. the noise gave me a terrible fright. 驚嚇 惊吓2. a person who looks ridiculous. She looks a fright in those clothes. 怪人 怪人stage frightstageˈfrighten verb to make (someone) afraid. She was frightened by a large dog. 使驚恐 使惊恐ˈfrightened adjective 受驚的 受惊的ˈfrightful adjective1. terrible or frightening. I had a frightful experience. 可怕的 可怕的2. very bad. He is a frightful liar. 極壞的 极坏的ˈfrightening adjective 可怕的 可怕的ˈfrightfully adverb very. He's frightfully clever. 非常地 非常地take fright to become frightened usually suddenly and quickly. She took fright and ran away. 受驚 受惊