frightful

frightful is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
2. adjective. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
3. adjective. provoking horror- Winston Churchill

   "an atrocious automobile accident"

   "a frightful crime of decapitation"

   Synonyms: atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly

4. adjective. extremely distressing

   "fearful slum conditions"

   "a frightful mistake"

   Synonyms: fearful

5. adjective. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

   "in a frightful hurry"

   "spent a frightful amount of money"

   Synonyms: awful, terrible, tremendous

Synonyms

atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly, fearful, awful, terrible, tremendous

Common word forms

frightfully, frightfulness

Words from these letters

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