Definition of Frightful

Frightful

Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.

Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.

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Frightful Quotations

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
Victor Hugo

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
Anatole France

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.
Queen Victoria

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
Francoise Sagan

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.
George Crabbe

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.
Shirley Manson

I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.
Fanny Kemble

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Frightful Translations

frightful in Italian is tremendo
frightful in Norwegian is skrekkelig
frightful in Spanish is horrible
frightful in Swedish is hemsk

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