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frightful

[frahyt-fuhl] / ˈfraɪt fəl /


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But you don’t have to be obsessed with frightful fare to fit in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Even before DOGE, Musk had a frightful habit of posting online, often tweeting 100 times a day.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

She added it was "scarcely credible such a frightful pub exists in Cymru".

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024

It’s a frightful and gargantuan performance that should come with a trigger warning.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

I’ve never seen such a packed landscape of frightful, frightened animals and yearning, desperate people.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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