"frightsome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more frightsome [comparative], most frightsome [superlative]
Etymology: From fright + -some. Cognate with Scots frichtsom (“frightsome”). Compare also German furchtsam. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fright|some}} fright + -some, {{cog|sco|frichtsom||frightsome}} Scots frichtsom (“frightsome”), {{cog|de|furchtsam}} German furchtsam Head templates: {{en-adj}} frightsome (comparative more frightsome, superlative most frightsome)
  1. Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
    Sense id: en-frightsome-en-adj-ObhCSH3Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
    Sense id: en-frightsome-en-adj-5GvfsadP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frightsomely, frightsomeness
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