frightful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
provoking horror
an atrocious automobile accident
Related & opposite
- frightfulness derivation
- alarming similar to
Sense 2 adjective
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
in a frightful hurry
Related & opposite
- awfulness derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- extraordinary similar to
Sense 3 adjective
extremely distressing
fearful slum conditions
Related & opposite
- frightfulness derivation
- bad similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightfulness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | alarming |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | awfulness |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | extraordinary |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightfulness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |