FRIGHTFUL

frightful

Adjective

  1. : Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
  2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
    We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.


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