atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
(adjective) 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”
fearful, frightful
(adjective) extremely distressing; “fearful slum conditions”; “a frightful mistake”
frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
(adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; “in a frightful hurry”; “spent a frightful amount of money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful)
(obsolete) Full of fright, whether
Afraid, frightened.
Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
Full of something causing fright, whether
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
(hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
• See frightening
• See bad
frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful)
(dialect) Frightfully; very.
Source: Wiktionary
Fright"ful, a.
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne.
2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
Syn.
– Terrible; dreadful; alarming; fearful; terrific; awful; horrid; horrible; shocking.
– Frightful, Dreadful, Awful. These words all express fear. In frightful, it is a sudden emotion; in dreadful, it is deeper and more prolonged; in awful, the fear is mingled with the emotion of awe, which subdues us before the presence of some invisible power. An accident may be frightful; the approach of death is dreadful to most men; the convulsions of the earthquake are awful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 September 2024
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
