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单词 frightful
释义
frightful
adjective
old-fashionedinformal
uk
/ˈfraɪt.fəl/us
/ˈfraɪt.fəl/
used toemphasizewhat you are saying,especiallyhowbadsomething is:
（尤用于强调糟糕的程度）可怕的，讨厌的
Theweatheroutsidewas frightful.外面的天气非常可怕。
Ofcoursethecleaningis a frightfulbore.清洁打扫的活儿当然是极其乏味的。
Synonyms
atrocious(VERY BAD)
horrible
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
bad weather, conditions, situations, etc.
  • badIf the weather is bad, we'll have to find something else to do.
  • poorShe's 87 and in poor health.
  • direThe predictions for the economy are dire.
  • grimShe was quickly brought back to the grim reality of her life.
  • awfulThe smell from the bins was awful.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
  • abysmal
  • abysmally
  • apocalyptic
  • fiendish
  • fraught
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • ghastliness
  • nightmarish
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • objectionable
  • vile
  • woeful
  • woefully
  • wretchedly
  • yucky
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(Definition offrightfulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

frightful| American Dictionary

frightful
adjective
us
/ˈfrɑɪt·fəl/
greatorextreme:
Theweatheris just too frightful to go out.
shockingorextremelyunpleasant:
People sometimes do frightful things totheirpets.
(Definition offrightfulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffrightful

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He flies away and 'in the same instant, the scene changes and all that is now seen is afrightfuldesert'.
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But a voice, even an instrumental one, that betrays no subjective will - that obscures the cruel designs of its player - is afrightfulthing.
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Afrightfultruth, until now enveloped in a thick fog, begins to emerge into public view.
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That he succeeded in writing his poetry under suchfrightfulconditions is in itself an affirmation of life and art.
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They were drenched in grease, in tatters, wore male clothes,frightfulfaces, shameless.
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Yet it is from the bosom of this desert district that has descended the mostfrightfulvisitation ever known to have desolated the island.
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Any object that looksfrightfulor is not pleasant to one's sight is referred to as 'juju'.
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On the top of this comes thisfrightfuldepression, when debts are a terrific burden.
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Under his direction we have succeeded in having, if not exactly amicable debates, at least debates without thefrightfulanimosity that is sometimes manifested elsewhere.
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We have heard a great deal about thefrightfuldangers of monopoly, about this hydra-headed monster, this tyrant.
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We suffer terrible traffic jams, with people in their cars breathing in poisonous gases; and we sufferfrightfulnoise.
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The other way is to make the consequences of war sofrightfulthat no potential adversary could contemplate starting one.
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Sadly, they have always had an unfortunate faculty of saddling themselves with the mostfrightfulrégimes.
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It immediately suggests the mostfrightfulpossibilities, perhaps that one is to have an atomic power station built among one's crops.
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I believe that searching for phonetically sound words with which to teach a child to read certainly makes for thisfrightfulboredom in reading.
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