- Types Of Speech
- You can use frightful as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Frightful
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 9 letters with the letters f, g, h, i, l, r, t, and u, 7 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter h. Frightful starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters f, fr, fri, frig, frigh, and the ending characters are l, ul, ful, tful, htful, ..
- Definition
- Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, frightful has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are fright, and ful.
- School Grade
- Frightful is set as a sat word that starts with f, ends with l, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Frightful in Pig Latin is said as "ightfulfray or ightfulfrway".
- Unigram
- f | r | i | g | h | t | f | u | l
- Bigram
- fr | ri | ig | gh | ht | tf | fu | ul
- Trigram
- fri | rig | igh | ght | htf | tfu | ful
- Quadrigram
- frig | righ | ight | ghtf | htfu | tful
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- provoking horror;
"an atrocious automobile accident";
"a frightful crime of decapitation";
"an alarming, even horrifying, picture";
"war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill;
"an ugly wound" - extremely distressing;
"fearful slum conditions";
"a frightful mistake";
"suffered terrible thirst" - extreme in degree;
"in a frightful hurry";
"spent a frightful amount of money"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aberrant | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
| Abhorrent | offensive to the mind "an abhorrent deed" "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee" "morally repugnant customs" "repulsive behavior" "the most repulsive character in recent novels" |
| Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
| Abnormal | much greater than the normal "abnormal profits" "abnormal ambition" |
| Abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
| Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| Abusive | characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment "abusive punishment" "argued...that foster homes are abusive" |
| Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
| Acute Accent | |
| Affecting | arousing affect "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene" "poignant grief cannot endure forever" "his gratitude was simple and touching" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Frightful
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frightful | provoking horror "an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill "an ugly wound" |
View English words with the unique letters used in frightful. Words With The Letters Fghilrtu
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alarming | causing alarm or fear |
Frightful Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With F
- Ends With L
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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