Thesaurus / frightful
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WHY SOME SEASONAL HOTELS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE STAYING OPEN YEAR-ROUNDMOLLY O'BRIENJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe darkness, or rather the general misapprehension, which prevails on this subject, is a frightful source of disease and misery.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYBut, though defeated, he showed his spirit by keeping up a frightful barking.
THE NURSERY, JULY 1873, VOL. XIV. NO. 1VARIOUSMost of the young fellows around here are in the Army, and the older men are frightful old fossils.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGTill lately they have died in a proportion frightful compared with their numbers.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMLise, who is more or less in years, in trying to render a young woman ridiculous, has changed so much as to become frightful.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYRENo doubt a considerable number of species of animals and plants perished before this frightful invasion.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRISThe Indian Ocean, meanwhile, swarmed with pirates of whose rapacity and cruelty frightful stories were told.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYA great part of this region is an arid and frightful desert; but the more favored portions are extremely fertile.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDWORDS RELATED TO FRIGHTFUL
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- unsound
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- unwholesome
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