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Textual thesaurus for "frightful"

(adj) atrocious, ugly, horrible, horrifying

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


(adj) fearful

extremely distressing

fearful slum conditions; a frightful mistake


(adj) awful, tremendous, terrible

extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

in a frightful hurry; spent a frightful amount of money