frightful
US: /ˈfɹaɪtfəɫ/
UK: /fɹˈaɪtfəl/
UK: /fɹˈaɪtfəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
frightful /'fraitful/
- tính từ
- ghê sợ, khủng khiếp, kinh khủng
- (thông tục) xấu kinh khủng, to kinh khủng
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (especially BrE)
1 (old-fashioned, informal) used to emphasize how bad sth is: It was absolutely frightful! + This room's in a frightful mess. + They're making a frightful noise.
2 (old-fashioned) very serious or unpleasant: a frightful accident
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 See frightening.
2 awful, dreadful, terrible, disagreeable, atrocious, abhorrent, loathsome, grisly, ghastly, lurid, macabre, horrible, horrifying, horrid, horrendous, nasty, hideous, vile, unspeakable, nauseating, nauseous, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, revolting, abominable, offensive, ugly:
Brixton police report a frightful crime of decapitation.
Concise English dictionary
'fraɪtfʊl
adj.
+provoking horror
+extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
+extremely distressing
