"frightful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹaɪtfəl/ Audio: en-us-frightful.ogg [US] Forms: more frightful [comparative], most frightful [superlative]
enPR: frīt′fəl Etymology: From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frightful||afraid}} Middle English frightful (“afraid”), {{inh|en|ang|forhtfull||fainthearted, timorous}} Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”), {{suffix|en|fright|ful|pos=adjective}} fright + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful)
  1. (obsolete) Full of fright, whether
    Afraid, frightened.
    Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fear
    Sense id: en-frightful-en-adj-QsHhdPEG Disambiguation of Fear: 40 22 19 19 0 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English adverbs suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 25 25 23 23 4 Disambiguation of English adverbs suffixed with -ful: 22 26 21 25 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 28 23 24 1
  2. (obsolete) Full of fright, whether
    Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-frightful-en-adj-ejT~Qlrd Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English adverbs suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 25 25 23 23 4 Disambiguation of English adverbs suffixed with -ful: 22 26 21 25 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 28 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 36 24 20 2
  3. Full of something causing fright, whether
    Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
    Sense id: en-frightful-en-adj-9EknyhnQ Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English adverbs suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 25 25 23 23 4 Disambiguation of English adverbs suffixed with -ful: 22 26 21 25 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 28 23 24 1
  4. Full of something causing fright, whether
    (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
    Tags: excessive
    Sense id: en-frightful-en-adj-0TF5I6LU Categories (other): English hyperboles, English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English adverbs suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English intensifiers Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 25 25 23 23 4 Disambiguation of English adverbs suffixed with -ful: 22 26 21 25 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 24 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 28 23 24 1 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 24 24 21 31 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frightening, bad, frightfull [archaic] Derived forms: frightfully Translations (full of fright): уплашен (uplašen) (Bulgarian), effrayant (French), aterrador [masculine] (Galician), assustador (Portuguese), korkulu (Turkish), korku dolu (Turkish) Translations (full of that which causes fright): δασπλῆτις (dasplêtis) (Ancient Greek), страшен (strašen) (Bulgarian), ужасен (užasen) (Bulgarian), scanrúil (Irish), metūculōsus (Latin), schrakjlich (Plautdietsch), forchtsom (Plautdietsch), घोर (ghora) (Sanskrit), भीष्म (bhīṣma) (Sanskrit), temible (Spanish), dehşet (Turkish), korkunç (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'full of fright': 30 30 20 20 Disambiguation of 'full of that which causes fright': 26 26 24 24

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹaɪtfəl/ Audio: en-us-frightful.ogg [US] Forms: more frightful [comparative], most frightful [superlative]
enPR: frīt′fəl Etymology: From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frightful||afraid}} Middle English frightful (“afraid”), {{inh|en|ang|forhtfull||fainthearted, timorous}} Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”), {{suffix|en|fright|ful|pos=adjective}} fright + -ful Head templates: {{en-adv}} frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful)
  1. (dialect) Frightfully; very. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-frightful-en-adv-ELQb3oXx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frightfull [archaic]

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfrixtˌful/
Etymology: From Old English forhtful; equivalent to fright + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|forhtful}} Old English forhtful, {{af|enm|fright|-ful}} fright + -ful Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} frightful, {{enm-adj}} frightful
  1. (rare) afraid, frightened Tags: rare Synonyms: frigtful
    Sense id: en-frightful-enm-adj-qW8BCSvk Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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