Definitions for frightful

frightful fright·ful

Spelling: [frahyt-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈfraɪt fəl/

Frightful is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in frightful (ffghilrtu).

Definitions for frightful

adjective

  1. such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming:
  2. horrible, shocking, or revolting:
  3. Informal. unpleasant; disagreeable:
  4. Informal. very great; extreme:

Origin of frightful

Middle English word dating back to 1200-50; See origin at fright, -ful

Examples for frightful

And if I obeyed, to what delightful discoveries or frightful dangers might it lead?

Down almost to our own day the depredations of wolves were frightful.

This was a very odd and frightful sort of figure, as you may well believe.

For about five minutes it was the most frightful scene I have ever witnessed.

There was a frightful grin of triumph twisting his mouth in this minute of punishment.

Today, it's worlds away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time.

All these frightful trends are already emerging—and they will accelerate every day that the diplomatic wrangling continues.

It was rather a frightful place to go into in search of the source of a shriek.

All her thought was how to get him away from the frightful place.

When the weather outside is frightful, board a plane and head to Florida.

Word Value for frightful
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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