frightful
adjectifadverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈfɹaɪtfəl//
Full of something causing fright, whether Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
adjectif
- 1
obsolèteFull of fright, whether Afraid, frightened.
Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,
- 2
obsolèteFull of fright, whether Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
See how the frightful herds run from the wood.
- 3
Full of something causing fright, whether Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
- 4
Full of something causing fright, whether Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days? Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it. Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.
Étymologie
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful.
adverbe
- 1
Frightfully; very.
You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are.
It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him.
But we ain't found a soul what knows you, honey-love, I am so frightful sorry to say.
Formes
- comparatif
- more frightful
- superlatif
- most frightful
frightful · Full of something causing fright, whether Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
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