英语词汇“frightful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

frightful

/ˈfrʌɪtfʊl

/ /ˈfrʌɪtf(ə)l/

adjective chiefly British

1Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking: there’s been a most frightful accident...

Returning from a picnic in Somerset, there was a frightful car accident.
A frightful accident occurred at the Gatehead Mill, Delph, Saddleworth yesterday afternoon.
Prepare for a competition of dire, hideous and frightful consequences.

Synonyms

horrible, gruesome, grisly, ghastly, hideous, grim, revolting, repulsive, disgusting, horrendous, grievous, dreadful, terrible, nasty, dire, unspeakable;

alarming, shocking, terrifying, harrowing, appalling, daunting, unnerving, fearful, fearsome

informal horrid, beastly

archaic or humorous parlous

1.1 informal Used for emphasis, especially of something bad: her hair was a frightful mess...

My only fear is that it's so easy to laugh at politicians and their idiot supporters that you risk forgetting how evil and stupid they really are, allowing them to stumble their way into a frightful mess we all end up having to pay for.
The entire room was a frightful mess.
I wouldn't quite say that, but dogs don't argue with you like people do, and they always make such a frightful fuss when they see you.

Synonyms

awful, very bad, terrible, dreadful, appalling, ghastly, nasty, abominable;

unpleasant, disagreeable, lamentable, deplorable, insufferable, unbearable, annoying, irritating

informal beastly, God-awful

Derivatives

frightfulness

noun ...

The fact that they are increasingly referred to as ‘events’ underlines their frightfulness.
They saw at once its beauty and its frightfulness.
Nor can it outweigh the sporadic frightfulness of pain and despair that occurs every second of every day.

单词	frightful
释义	frightful /ˈfrʌɪtfʊl / /ˈfrʌɪtf(ə)l/ adjective chiefly British 1Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking: there’s been a most frightful accident... Returning from a picnic in Somerset, there was a frightful car accident. A frightful accident occurred at the Gatehead Mill, Delph, Saddleworth yesterday afternoon. Prepare for a competition of dire, hideous and frightful consequences. Synonyms horrible, gruesome, grisly, ghastly, hideous, grim, revolting, repulsive, disgusting, horrendous, grievous, dreadful, terrible, nasty, dire, unspeakable; alarming, shocking, terrifying, harrowing, appalling, daunting, unnerving, fearful, fearsome informal horrid, beastly archaic or humorous parlous 1.1 informal Used for emphasis, especially of something bad: her hair was a frightful mess... My only fear is that it's so easy to laugh at politicians and their idiot supporters that you risk forgetting how evil and stupid they really are, allowing them to stumble their way into a frightful mess we all end up having to pay for. The entire room was a frightful mess. I wouldn't quite say that, but dogs don't argue with you like people do, and they always make such a frightful fuss when they see you. Synonyms awful, very bad, terrible, dreadful, appalling, ghastly, nasty, abominable; unpleasant, disagreeable, lamentable, deplorable, insufferable, unbearable, annoying, irritating informal beastly, God-awful Derivatives frightfulness noun ... The fact that they are increasingly referred to as ‘events’ underlines their frightfulness. They saw at once its beauty and its frightfulness. Nor can it outweigh the sporadic frightfulness of pain and despair that occurs every second of every day.
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