Thesaurus / frightful

frightful

How to use frightful in a sentence

On the other hand, there were also monstrous and frightful jötnar – like the giant wolf Fenrir and the humongous serpent Jormungand.

When the weather outside is frightful, sometimes the only solution is to make the mood scarier with a spooky movie.

Other properties aim to appeal to travelers by promoting safe indoor activities when the weather outside is frightful.

She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.

The darkness, or rather the general misapprehension, which prevails on this subject, is a frightful source of disease and misery.

But, though defeated, he showed his spirit by keeping up a frightful barking.

Most of the young fellows around here are in the Army, and the older men are frightful old fossils.

Till lately they have died in a proportion frightful compared with their numbers.

Lise, who is more or less in years, in trying to render a young woman ridiculous, has changed so much as to become frightful.

No doubt a considerable number of species of animals and plants perished before this frightful invasion.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985