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单词 frightful
释义 fright·ful
\ˈfrītfəl\ adjective
(sometimes frightfuller ; frightfullest)
Etymology: Middle English, from fright (I) + -ful
1.
 a. archaic : tending to frighten easily : timid
 b. dialect chiefly England : alarmed, frightened
2. : conducive to fright : likely to arouse the emotions of fright, fear, or alarm
 < the gods, as they appear to men, are radiant … the demons are frightful, producing perturbation and terror — H.O.Taylor >
 < seeing some frightful specter — Charles Lamb >
3. : egregious, startling, objectionable, or terrible (as because of enormity, outrageousness, or grotesqueness) and likely to shock, alarm, revolt, or stun
 < its cost in money, property loss, and lives was frightful — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
 < they talked most frightful scandal — George Meredith >
 < regard the most frightful things as normal — H.M.Parshley >
4. : extreme, awful
 < a frightful thirst >
 < a frightful snob >
Synonyms: see fearful
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