"frightful" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "30 30 20 20",
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      "roman": "uplašen",
      "sense": "full of fright",
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      "word": "effrayant"
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      "word": "aterrador"
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      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "assustador"
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      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "korkulu"
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      "roman": "strašen",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
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      "roman": "užasen",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "ужасен"
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      "roman": "dasplêtis",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "δασπλῆτις"
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      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "scanrúil"
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      "word": "metūculōsus"
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      "word": "schrakjlich"
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      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "forchtsom"
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      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ghora",
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      "word": "घोर"
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      "word": "भीष्म"
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      "word": "temible"
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      "links": [
        [
          "Full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "causing",
          "causing"
        ],
        [
          "fright",
          "fright"
        ],
        [
          "Unpleasant",
          "unpleasant"
        ],
        [
          "dreadful",
          "dreadful"
        ],
        [
          "awful",
          "awful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Full of something causing fright, whether",
        "(hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "excessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹaɪtfəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-frightful.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-us-frightful.ogg/En-us-frightful.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-us-frightful.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "frīt′fəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "frightening"
    },
    {
      "word": "bad"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "frightfull"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uplašen",
      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "уплашен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "effrayant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "full of fright",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aterrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "assustador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "korkulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of fright",
      "word": "korku dolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strašen",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "страшен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "užasen",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "ужасен"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dasplêtis",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "δασπλῆτις"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "scanrúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "metūculōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "schrakjlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "forchtsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ghora",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "घोर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bhīṣma",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "भीष्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "temible"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "dehşet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of that which causes fright",
      "word": "korkunç"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
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    "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",
    "English intensifiers",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "4": "",
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      "form": "more frightful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "most frightful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1926, Charles Edward Montague, Rough Justice, page 87",
          "text": "You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1942, Philip Gibbs, The Long Alert, page 200",
          "text": "It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Abbie Williams, Way Back",
          "text": "But we ain't found a soul what knows you, honey-love, I am so frightful sorry to say.",
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        }
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        "Frightfully; very."
      ],
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}