a. | 1. | Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. |
2. | Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; |
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" |
2. | frightful - extreme in degree; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" | |
3. | frightful - extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" |