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What does frightful mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word frightful? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Full of fright, whether
    1. Afraid, frightened.
    2. Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
  2. Full of something causing fright, whether
    1. Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
    2. (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
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Such was the media indignation that his frightful suicide was not reported in any national newspaper.
They ride a tiger, and the retribution against them, were they to be overthrown, would be frightful.
That form of self-actualization often ushered in a frightful realization that some of us weren't adjusting as well as others.
The International Rules was the most frightful advertisement for sport that one could ever want to see.
Terrific storms, heavy seas, and frightful squalls make the waters in this area hazardous for conventional shipping.
They will talk of prisons in Greece, of frightful justice systems, and of a nerve-racking ordeal which the enthusiast is never likely to forget.

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