| slovo | definícia |
frightful
(mass) | frightful
- hrozný, strašný |
frightful
(encz) | frightful,hrozný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Frightful
(gcide) | Frightful \Fright"ful\, a.
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.]
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See how the frightful herds run from the wood. --W.
Browne.
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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.
Usage: 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.
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frightful
(wn) | frightful
adj 1: 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" [syn: atrocious,
frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]
2: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a
frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn:
frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous]
3: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a
frightful mistake" [syn: fearful, frightful] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
frightfully
(mass) | frightfully
- hrozne, strašne |
frightfully
(encz) | frightfully,hrozně adv: Zdeněk Brožfrightfully,strašně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
frightfulness
(encz) | frightfulness,hrůznost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Affrightful
(gcide) | Affrightful \Af*fright"ful\, a.
Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]
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Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. --Cudworth.
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Affrightfully
(gcide) | Affrightful \Af*fright"ful\, a.
Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic]
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Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. --Cudworth.
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Frightful
(gcide) | Frightful \Fright"ful\, a.
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.]
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See how the frightful herds run from the wood. --W.
Browne.
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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.
Usage: 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.
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Frightfully
(gcide) | Frightfully \Fright"ful*ly\, adv.
In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
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Frightfulness
(gcide) | Frightfulness \Fright"ful*ness\, n.
The quality of being frightful.
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Unfrightful
(gcide) | Unfrightful \Unfrightful\
See frightful. |
frightfully
(wn) | frightfully
adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful
sorry" [syn: terribly, awfully, awful,
frightfully] |
frightfulness
(wn) | frightfulness
n 1: the quality of being frightful |
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