Frightful meaning

What does “frightful” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“frightful” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: provoking horror.

frightful

provoking horror
“an atrocious automobile accident”
“a frightful crime of decapitation”
Synonymsatrocious horrifying horrible ugly
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
“in a frightful hurry”
“spent a frightful amount of money”
Synonymsterrible awful tremendous
extremely distressing
“fearful slum conditions”
“a frightful mistake”
Synonymsfearful

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University